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. 1996 Sep 14;313(7058):689–690. doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7058.689b

Cerebral oedema after MDMA ("ecstasy") and unrestricted water intake. Hyponatraemia must be treated with low water input.

B Wilkins
PMCID: PMC2351978  PMID: 8811776

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