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Letter

Circuitous diagnosis in concealed self-poisoning with Nerium oleander*

Baptiste Vallé SAMU 31, Emergency Medicine, Place du Docteur Baylac, Toulouse, France
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Olivier LairezCardiology Department, Toulouse-Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, France
,
Peggy GandiaPharmacokinetics and Clinical Toxicology Laboratory, Federative Institute of Biology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse, France
,
Daniel RougeForensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, France
&
Nicolas FranchittoPoisons Unit, Department of Emergency Medicine, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse France Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 228-229 | Received 19 Dec 2011, Accepted 23 Dec 2011, Published online: 16 Feb 2012

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