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Fatal cardiac glycoside poisoning due to mistaking foxglove for comfrey

I-Lin WuDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ;Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan;
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Jiun-Hao YuDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ;College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;
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Chih-Chuan LinDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ;College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;
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Chen-June SeakDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ;College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;
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Kent R. OlsonCalifornia Poison Control System-San Francisco Division, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Hsien-Yi ChenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ;College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 670-673 | Received 13 Jan 2017, Accepted 04 Apr 2017, Published online: 02 May 2017

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