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. 1988 Sep;149(3):308–315.

Arsenic Poisoning

Michael S Gorby
PMCID: PMC1026413  PMID: 3051677

Abstract

This discussion was selected from the weekly Grand Rounds in the Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque. Taken from a transcription, it has been edited by Ralph C. Williams, Jr, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine.

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