Chronic Digoxin Toxicity Leading to Institutionalization of an Elderly Woman.

Can J Hosp Pharm

, MD, MSc, FRCPC, is with the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

Published: April 2022

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http://dx.doi.org/10.4212/cjhp.v75i2.3069DOI Listing

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