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Acute, life-threatening hypoglycemia associated with haloperidol in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient

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  1. Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    R B Walter & S J Collins

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    A N Hoofnagle

  3. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA, USA

    S A Lanum

  4. Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    S J Collins

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Walter, R., Hoofnagle, A., Lanum, S. et al. Acute, life-threatening hypoglycemia associated with haloperidol in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient. Bone Marrow Transplant 37, 109–110 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705187

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