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Case Reports
. 2005 Jan;98(1):21.
doi: 10.1177/014107680509800107.

Life-threatening hypokalaemia from abuse of Nurofen Plus

A Paul Lambert  1 , Colin Close
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Case Reports

Life-threatening hypokalaemia from abuse of Nurofen Plus

A Paul Lambert et al. J R Soc Med. 2005 Jan.
No abstract available

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