European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 135-136 , March 2008

Severe hemorrhagic syndrome due to similarity of drug names

Received 1 December 2006 ,Accepted 9 March 2007.

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PII: S0953-6205(07)00235-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.03.018

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 135-136 , March 2008

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