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CASE REPORT: Severe Cholestatic Jaundice in the Elderly Induced by Low-Dose Amiodarone

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  1. Sieff Government Hospital Liver Clinic, Safed, Israel

    Nimer Assy

  2. Department of Internal Medicine A, Safed, Israel

    Nimer Assy, G. Khair, Sorina Schlesinger & Osamah Hussein

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Nimer Assy & Osamah Hussein

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Assy, N., Khair, G., Schlesinger, S. et al. CASE REPORT: Severe Cholestatic Jaundice in the Elderly Induced by Low-Dose Amiodarone. Dig Dis Sci 49, 450–452 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:DDAS.0000020501.09248.1f

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