A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of benzodiazepines and nitroglycerine or nitroglycerine alone in the treatment of cocaine-associated acute coronary syndromes
β Scribed by Tim Honderick; David Williams; David Seaberg; Robert Wears
- Book ID
- 117814291
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 62 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8171
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