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Duloxetine-induced life-threatening long QT syndrome

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Štuhec, M. Duloxetine-induced life-threatening long QT syndrome. Wien Klin Wochenschr 125, 165–166 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-013-0330-6

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