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Do the penicillin antibiotics interact with digoxin?

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  1. Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

    K. M. Rhodes

  2. Department of Clinical Chemistry, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

    S. N. Brown

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Rhodes, K.M., Brown, S.N. Do the penicillin antibiotics interact with digoxin?. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 46, 479–480 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191916

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