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Fatal butane toxicity and delayed onset of refractory ventricular fibrillation

Khalid N. Almulhim
Saudi Medical Journal December 2017, 38 (12) 1250-1254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.12.20811
Khalid N. Almulhim
From the College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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