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Visual and neurologic sequelae of methanol poisoning in Saudi Arabia

Alberto Galvez-Ruiz, Sahar M. Elkhamary, Nasira Asghar and Thomas M. Bosley
Saudi Medical Journal May 2015, 36 (5) 568-574; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.5.11142

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