Reduction of deaths after drug labelling for risk of Reye's syndrome.
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Reye's syndrome in the United States from 1981 through 1997.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Lancet
دوره 341 8837 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992