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Fatality involving vinblastine overdose as a result of a complex medical error.
Klys M, Konopka T, Scislowski M, Kowalski P. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007;59:89-95.

The authors investigated a fatal chemotherapy-related error and identified contributing factors that led to the overdose.

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