Treatment of chronic cancer pain using WHO guidelines and epidural morphine
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Epidural morphine and post-operative pain relief.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/0885-3924(88)90129-7