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“Bath Salt” Ingestion Leading to Severe Intoxication Delirium: Two Cases and a Brief Review of the Emergence of Mephedrone Use

David P. Kasick Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, M.D.,
Curtis A. McKnight Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
, M.D. &
Eleonora Klisovic Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
, M.D.
Pages 176-180 | Published online: 05 Jan 2012

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