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Original Article

Creatine Phosphate Kinase Elevations Signaling Muscle Damage following Exposures to Anticholinesterases: 2 Sentinel Patients

Lee S. Friedman The Social Policy Research Institute Skokie, Illinois
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Nachman Brautbar University of Southern Department of Medicine Los Angeles, California
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Paul Barach University of Miami Center for Patient Safety Department of Anesthesiology Miami, Florida
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Amir H. Wolfe Johns Hopkins University Department of Occupational Baltimore, Maryland
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Elihu D. Richter Hebrew University-Hadassah Injury Prevention Center Jerusalem, Israel
Pages 167-171 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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