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Careful monitoring required to minimise the damage of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity

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Careful monitoring required to minimise the damage of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity. Drugs Ther. Perspect 12, 14–16 (1998). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-199812120-00005

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