Accidental digitoxin intoxication: an interplay between laboratory and clinical medicine
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Accidental digitoxin intoxication: an interplay between laboratory and clinical medicine
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemia Medica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1846-7482
DOI: 10.11613/bm.2012.040