Use of metamizole in children and the risk of agranulocytosis: Is the benefit worth the risk?

Eur J Anaesthesiol

From the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Intensive Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals (VR, JAD) and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva (JAD), Geneva, Switzerland.

Published: December 2015

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