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Comparing fatal cases involving U-47700

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, 1542 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Xiulu Ruan & Alan D. Kaye

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Back and Pain Center, University of Michigan Health System, 325 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 100, SPC 5721, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108, USA

    Srinivas Chiravuri

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Ruan, X., Chiravuri, S. & Kaye, A.D. Comparing fatal cases involving U-47700. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 12, 369–371 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9795-8

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