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Hyperkalaemia associated with hydroxyurea in a patient with polycythaemia vera

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  1. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Dubrava, Av. Gojka Suska 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Srecko Marusic & Nives Gojo-Tomic

  2. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Hospital Dubrava, Av. Gojka Suska 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Vesna Bacic-Vrca

  3. Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Dubrava, Av. Gojka Suska 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Velimir Bozikov

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Marusic, S., Gojo-Tomic, N., Bacic-Vrca, V. et al. Hyperkalaemia associated with hydroxyurea in a patient with polycythaemia vera. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 67, 757–758 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-010-0962-7

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