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Case Report

Aerosolized palytoxin toxicity during home marine aquarium maintenance

Paige WoodLarner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, U.S.A; Correspondence[email protected]
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Anel AlexisDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY, U.S.A;
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Toussaint ReynoldsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY, U.S.A;
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Eike BlohmDivision of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, U.S.A
Pages 49-52 | Received 14 Apr 2018, Accepted 18 May 2018, Published online: 31 Jul 2018

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