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Fatal Taxus baccata ingestion with perimortem serum taxine B quantification

Ann M. ArensDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; ;San Francisco Division, California Poison Control System, San Francisco, CA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Tiffany C. AnaebereDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System/Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA, USA;
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Howard HorngDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;
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Kent OlsonSan Francisco Division, California Poison Control System, San Francisco, CA, USA; ;Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Pages 878-880 | Received 17 Apr 2016, Accepted 01 Jul 2016, Published online: 20 Jul 2016

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