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Coma in a neonate following single intranasal dose of xylometazoline

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Sainte-Justine Hospital, 3175 Cote Ste-Catherine, H3T 1C5, Montreal, Canada

    C. Dunn, M. Gauthier & P. Gaudreault

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Dunn, C., Gauthier, M. & Gaudreault, P. Coma in a neonate following single intranasal dose of xylometazoline. Eur J Pediatr 152, 541 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01955075

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