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Letters to the editor: Original Scientific Contribution

Successful treatment of potentially lethal dose thallium sulfate poisoning with sequential use of Prussian blue and multiple-dose activated charcoal

Thomas Wallbridgea West Midlands Poisons Unit, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, United KingdomORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5425-962XView further author information
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Sunil Jamesa West Midlands Poisons Unit, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, United KingdomORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-3635View further author information
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Ryan Leeb National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Unit), Birmingham, United KingdomView further author information
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Aleha Khanc Trace Elements Laboratory, Black Country Pathology Services, Sandwell, United KingdomView further author information
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Sally Bradberrya West Midlands Poisons Unit, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom;b National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Unit), Birmingham, United KingdomView further author information
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Muhammad E. M. O. Elamina West Midlands Poisons Unit, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom;b National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Unit), Birmingham, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 200-201 | Received 07 Nov 2022, Accepted 02 Jan 2023, Published online: 15 Feb 2023

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