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Accidental poisoning with Veratrum album mistaken for wild garlic (Allium ursinum)

Irene GilottaOspedale di Cattinara, DUC di Scienze Mediche Tecnologiche e Traslazionali, Trieste, Italy
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Miran BrvarPoison Control Centre, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1000, SloveniaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 949-952 | Received 24 Aug 2010, Accepted 18 Oct 2010, Published online: 20 Dec 2010

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