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. 1998 Mar;91(3):145–147. doi: 10.1177/014107689809100310

Thioridazine, diarrhoea and torsades de pointe.

M A Denvir ¹, A Sood ¹, R Dow ¹, A J Brady ¹, A C Rankin ¹

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