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    Ajay Malhotra, Gino Mongelluzzo, Xiao Wu, David Durand, Vivek B. Kalra, Benjamin LeSar & Renu Liu

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Malhotra, A., Mongelluzzo, G., Wu, X. et al. Ethylene glycol toxicity. Clin Neuroradiol 27, 109–113 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-016-0525-0

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