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Unintentional Pediatric Ophthalmic Tetrahydrozoline Ingestion: Case Files of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco

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    Suad A. Al-Abri & Kent R. Olson

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

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Al-Abri, S.A., Yang, H.S. & Olson, K.R. Unintentional Pediatric Ophthalmic Tetrahydrozoline Ingestion: Case Files of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. J. Med. Toxicol. 10, 388–391 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-014-0400-9

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