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Genetic variation in theCatechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT)gene and morphine requirements in cancer patients with pain

✍ Scribed by Trude T Rakvåg, Joy R Ross, Hiroe Sato, Frank Skorpen, Stein Kaasa…

Book ID: 120694637
Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 329 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 1744-8069
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-4-64

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