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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1001 W. 10th St., OPW 425, 46202, Indianapolis, IN, USA

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Supported in part by NIH grant HL36124

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Retz, J.L., Martin, W.J. Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity. Intensive Care Med 18, 388–390 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01694339

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