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THE purpose of the present communication is to record that oestrogens have a protective effect against the toxic decomposition products of the anaesthetic tribromoethanol (‘Avertin’).
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NICOL, T., VERNON-ROBERTS, B. & QUANTOCK, D. Protective Effect of Oestrogens against the Toxic Decomposition Products of Tribromoethanol. Nature 208, 1098–1099 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081098a0
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