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Survival after hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia and cardiac arrest following mild hydrofluoric acid burn

Ming-Ling WuDivision of Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Juo-Fang DengDivision of Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Graduate Institute of Drug Safety, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Ju-Sing FanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Pages 953-955 | Received 27 Aug 2010, Accepted 18 Oct 2010, Published online: 20 Dec 2010

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