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Hydroxocobalamin-attributed risk of oxalate nephropathy: evidence is not sufficient to change the recommended management of cyanide toxicity by fire smoke inhalation

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    Bruno Mégarbane

  2. INSERM UMRS 1144, Paris-Diderot University, Paris, France

    Bruno Mégarbane

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Mégarbane, B. Hydroxocobalamin-attributed risk of oxalate nephropathy: evidence is not sufficient to change the recommended management of cyanide toxicity by fire smoke inhalation. Intensive Care Med 42, 1197–1198 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4354-z

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