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. 1991 Nov 23;303(6813):1317–1319. doi: 10.1136/bmj.303.6813.1317

Unstable asthma and theophylline.

M Stern 1, D M Geddes 1, J V Collins 1, T Evans 1
PMCID: PMC1671435  PMID: 1747676

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