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Long-QT Syndrome Induced by the Antiaddiction Drug Ibogaine

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2009)

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NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Volume 360, Issue 3, Pages 308-309

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MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0804248

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