WITHDRAWN: Anticholinergic syndrome due to squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium): A case report

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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine

سال: 2019

ISSN: 2452-2473

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjem.2019.01.002