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Clinical Research

Datura and Brugmansia plants related antimuscarinic toxicity: an analysis of poisoning cases reported to the Taiwan poison control center

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Pages 246-253 | Received 01 Aug 2017, Accepted 15 Aug 2018, Published online: 06 Dec 2018

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