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Review Article

Clenbuterol toxicity in a young male athlete

Nik ŽlakDepartment of Internal medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, General hospital Trbovlje, Trbovlje, Slovenia
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Daniel KošutaDepartment of Internal medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, General hospital Trbovlje, Trbovlje, Slovenia
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Maja PotisekDepartment of Internal medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, General hospital Trbovlje, Trbovlje, Slovenia
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Živojin StevanovićDepartment of Internal medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, General hospital Trbovlje, Trbovlje, SloveniaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 182-186 | Received 02 Mar 2017, Accepted 25 Jun 2017, Published online: 19 Jul 2017

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