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A Death Knell for Codeine for Acute Pain after Craniotomy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

C. Peter N. Watson*
Affiliation:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2011

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