Is it time to restrict the clinical use of dipyrone?

  • Oscar Gilberto Gómez Duarte Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, New York, USA.

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Gómez Duarte OG. Is it time to restrict the clinical use of dipyrone?. Colomb. J. Anesthesiol. [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 26];47(2):81-3. Available from: https://www.revcolanest.com.co/index.php/rca/article/view/204

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Gómez Duarte OG. Is it time to restrict the clinical use of dipyrone?. Colomb. J. Anesthesiol. [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 26];47(2):81-3. Available from: https://www.revcolanest.com.co/index.php/rca/article/view/204
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