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Published online 5 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030203-3
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Anaesthetics threaten baby brains
Rat study hints that surgery drugs can kill growing nerve cells.
Anaesthetics given to expectant mothers or young babies could damage infants' brains, warns a new study. The drugs kill nerve cells in newborn rats1.
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