Role of gabapentin in postoperative pain

Alparslan Turan, MD

doi:10.5055/jom.2005.0046

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Alparslan Turan, MD

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https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2005.0046

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Author Biography

Alparslan Turan, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey, and the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and the Outcomes Research Institute™, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.

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