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Acute amiodarone toxicity due to an administration error: could excipient be responsible?

  1. Silvana Masi,
  2. Stéphan Clément De Cléty,
  3. Christine Anslot,
  4. Thierry Detaille

Article first published online: 15 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03323.x

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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volume 67, Issue 6, pages 691–693, June 2009

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Masi, S., De Cléty, S. C., Anslot, C. and Detaille, T. (2009), Acute amiodarone toxicity due to an administration error: could excipient be responsible?. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 67: 691–693. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03323.x

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  1. Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Brussels, Belgium

*Silvana Masi, MD, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: silvanamasi@hotmail.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 JUN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 15 OCT 2008
  3. RECEIVED 5 June 2008; ACCEPTED 25 September 2008

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