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Vancouver

Shokrpour M, Homayuni S, Kamali A, Pazuki S. Comparing the prophylactic effect of ondansetron and dexamethasone in controlling headaches caused by spinal anesthesia among women candidated for caesarean A randomized controlled trial. ELECTRON J GEN MED. 2018;15(4):em64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/93132

APA

Shokrpour, M., Homayuni, S., Kamali, A., & Pazuki, S. (2018). Comparing the prophylactic effect of ondansetron and dexamethasone in controlling headaches caused by spinal anesthesia among women candidated for caesarean A randomized controlled trial. Electronic Journal of General Medicine, 15(4), em64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/93132

AMA

Shokrpour M, Homayuni S, Kamali A, Pazuki S. Comparing the prophylactic effect of ondansetron and dexamethasone in controlling headaches caused by spinal anesthesia among women candidated for caesarean A randomized controlled trial. ELECTRON J GEN MED. 2018;15(4), em64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/93132

Chicago

Shokrpour, Maryam, Shakiba Homayuni, Alireza Kamali, and Shirin Pazuki. "Comparing the prophylactic effect of ondansetron and dexamethasone in controlling headaches caused by spinal anesthesia among women candidated for caesarean A randomized controlled trial". Electronic Journal of General Medicine 2018 15 no. 4 (2018): em64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/93132

Harvard

Shokrpour, M., Homayuni, S., Kamali, A., and Pazuki, S. (2018). Comparing the prophylactic effect of ondansetron and dexamethasone in controlling headaches caused by spinal anesthesia among women candidated for caesarean A randomized controlled trial. Electronic Journal of General Medicine, 15(4), em64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/93132

MLA

Shokrpour, Maryam et al. "Comparing the prophylactic effect of ondansetron and dexamethasone in controlling headaches caused by spinal anesthesia among women candidated for caesarean A randomized controlled trial". Electronic Journal of General Medicine, vol. 15, no. 4, 2018, em64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/93132