Successful Management of Fatal Paraquat Poisoning with Four Courses of Steroid and Cyclophosphamide Pulse
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Kim, Kyung-Lee
(Department of Internal Medicine, Chunchoen Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Lee, Chang-Seob (Department of Internal Medicine, Chunchoen Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Lee, Mi-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, Chunchoen Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Kim, Hyo-Sun (Department of Internal Medicine, Chunchoen Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Choi, Myung-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, Chunchoen Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Yoon, Jong-Woo (Department of Internal Medicine, Chunchoen Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Koo, Ja-Ryong (Department of Internal Medicine, Chunchoen Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) |
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