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Recreational use of carfentanil – a case report with laboratory confirmation

Sabine MüllerDepartment of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Susanne NussbaumerInstitute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Gabriel PlitzkoDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Roger LudwigDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Wolfgang WeinmannInstitute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Stephan KrähenbühlDepartment of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Evangelia LiakoniDepartment of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 151-152 | Received 08 May 2017, Accepted 11 Jul 2017, Published online: 31 Jul 2017

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