Short Communication EŠect of Amiodarone on the Serum ConcentrationWDose Ratio of Metoprolol in Patients with Cardiac Arrhythmia
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Kyoko FUKUMOTO1, Takashi KOBAYASHI1, Kanako TACHIBANA2, Ryuji KATO2, Kazuhiko TANAKA2, Kazuo KOMAMURA3, Shiro KAMAKURA4, Masafumi KITAKAZE4 and Kazuyuki UENO1,* 1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan, 2Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences 3Research Institute and 4Departments of Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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