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Hypoglycemia in venlafaxine overdose: a hypothesis of increased glucose uptake

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  1. Centre for Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology, Division of Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Miran Brvar

  2. Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Gordana Koželj

  3. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Lucija Peterlin Mašič

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Brvar, M., Koželj, G. & Mašič, L.P. Hypoglycemia in venlafaxine overdose: a hypothesis of increased glucose uptake. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 71, 261–262 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-014-1784-9

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