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First description of elevated high-sensitivity troponin I for pufferfish poisoning: a case report

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Health Science University, Adana City Research and Training Hospital, Adana, 01060, Turkey

    Akkan Avci & Hayri Cınar

  2. Muş State Hospital, Emregency Medicine Clinic, Muş, 49200, Turkey

    Onder Yesiloglu

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Health Science University, Adana City Research and Training Hospital, Adana, 01060, Turkey

    Begum Seyda Avci & Hilmi Erdem Sumbul

  4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University, Adana, 01240, Turkey

    Hasan Yesilagac

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Avci, A., Cınar, H., Yesiloglu, O. et al. First description of elevated high-sensitivity troponin I for pufferfish poisoning: a case report. Forensic Toxicol 40, 204–207 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-021-00599-2

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