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Research Article

Pediatric ergot alkaloid exposures reported to the California Poison Control System: 1997–2008

P. ArmenianDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco-Fresno, Fresno, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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T. E. KearneyCalifornia Poison Control System- San Francisco Division, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Pages 214-219 | Received 01 Oct 2013, Accepted 14 Jan 2014, Published online: 16 Feb 2014

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