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Podophyllum Toxicity: A Report of a Fatal Case and a Review of the Literature

Daniel E. Cassidy Department of Internal Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, 04101; Division of Gastroenterology, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine, 04401
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Jan Drewry Division of Nephrology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, 04101; Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, 75219
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Joseph P. Fanning Department of Pathology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, 04101
Pages 35-44 | Published online: 25 Sep 2008

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