Blue Vision and Sinus Tachycardia: Sildenafil Citrate Overdose
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Academic Emergency Medicine Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1309-534X,2146-2925
DOI: 10.5152/jaemcr.2015.1232