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A bedside test for methaemoglobinemia improved antidote use in propanil poisoning

Fathima ShihanaSouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Correspondence[email protected]
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Andrew H. DawsonSouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; ;NSW Poisons Information Centre, The Children’s Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia; ;Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ;Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;
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Timothy DobbinsSydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;
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Dhammika DissanayakeDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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Nicholas A. BuckleySouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; ;NSW Poisons Information Centre, The Children’s Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia; ;Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ;Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;
Pages 576-580 | Received 16 Dec 2015, Accepted 06 Apr 2016, Published online: 19 May 2016

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