Adverse events associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine in children.

Alissa Lim; Noel Cranswick; Michael South

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Adverse events associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine in children.

January 12, 2011

Lim A, Cranswick N, South M. Arch Dis Child. 2011;96(3):297-300.

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This case series from Australia discusses adverse events, including four fatalities, attributed to use of complementary and alternative medications.

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