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  1. Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, The Queen’s University of Belfast and Belfast City Hospital, Whitla Medical Building, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland

    Allister J. Taggart &  Denis G. McDevitt

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Taggart, A.J., McDevitt, D.G. Digitalis: Its Place in Modern Therapy. Drugs 20, 398–404 (1980). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-198020050-00004

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