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Case Report

Serotonin syndrome following a single 50 mg dose of sertraline in a child

Hanna Phan The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Marcel J. Casavant The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Section of Emergency Medicine and Central Ohio Poison Control Center, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Sarah Crockett The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Section of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Anthony Lee The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Mark W. Hall The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Section of Critical Care Medicine, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Milap C. Nahata The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 845-849 | Received 28 Sep 2007, Accepted 23 Jan 2008, Published online: 02 Dec 2008

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