A Study on Comparative Evaluation of Add-on Pralidoxime Therapy over Atropine in the Management of Organophosphorus Poisoning in a Tertiary Care Hospital
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From the Department of Pharmacology & *Medicine R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata 700 004 & **Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata 700 073 Correspondence to : Dr Indranil Banerjee, Demonstrator, Department of Pharmacology, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata 700 004 A Study on Comparative Evaluation of Add-on Pralidoxime Therapy over Atropine in the Management of Organophosphorus Poisoning in a Tertiary Care Hospital
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