Fatality involving vinblastine overdose as a result of a complex medical error.

Małgorzata Kłys; Tomasz Konopka; Mariusz Scisłowski; Piotr Kowalski

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Fatality involving vinblastine overdose as a result of a complex medical error.

September 29, 2010

Kłys M, Konopka T, Scisłowski M, et al. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007;59(1):89-95.

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

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