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Acute Methemoglobinemia after Endoscopy
Max Bayard, Jeff Farrow and Fred Tudiver
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice May 2004, 17 (3) 227-229; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.3.227
Max Bayard
MD
Jeff Farrow
MD, FCCP

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Acute Methemoglobinemia after Endoscopy
Max Bayard, Jeff Farrow, Fred Tudiver
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice May 2004, 17 (3) 227-229; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.3.227
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