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Gamma-hydroxybutyrate overdose and coma: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Meite S. Moser  and
Roy A. Purssell
Meite S. Moser*
Affiliation:
Vancouver Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Roy A. Purssell
Affiliation:
Vancouver Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
*
Emergency Department, Vancouver Hospital, 855 W 12th Ave., Vancouver BC V5Z 1M9; [email protected]

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Type
Case Reports • Observations
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 203 - 205
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2000

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