Digoxinlike Toxicity and Death From a Purported Aphrodisiac-Reply

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 275, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 988-

  Brubacher, Jeff ^a   Hoffman, Robert S ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 13344286305     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1996.03530370026024     Document Type: Letter

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