The ‘SILENT Alarm’: When History Taking Reveals a Potentially Fatal Toxicity
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2284-2594
DOI: 10.12890/2018_000843