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. 1998 Nov;52(11):762–763. doi: 10.1136/jech.52.11.762

"Late presenters" after paracetamol self poisoning

M P Bradley, J S Nguyen-Van-Tam, J C Pearson
PMCID: PMC1756643  PMID: 10396512

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