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Two Cases of Fulminant Hepatic Failure from Amanita phalloides Poisoning Treated Additively by Homeopathy

Michael Frass, Petko Zagorchev, Vasilka Yurukova, Beatrix Wulkersdorfer, Karin Thieves, Konstantin Zedtwitz-Liebenstein, Willfried Bursch and Alan David Kaye
Ochsner Journal June 2014, 14 (2) 252-258;
Michael Frass
1Department of Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Petko Zagorchev
2Anesthesiology and Toxicology, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital for Active Therapy, Shumen, Bulgaria
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Vasilka Yurukova
3Internal Medicine, Clinic for Homeopathy, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Beatrix Wulkersdorfer
1Department of Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Karin Thieves
4Sola Salus, Institute for Homeopathic Research, Geilenkirchen, Germany
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Konstantin Zedtwitz-Liebenstein
1Department of Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Willfried Bursch
5Department of Internal Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Alan David Kaye
6Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
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Michael Frass, Petko Zagorchev, Vasilka Yurukova, Beatrix Wulkersdorfer, Karin Thieves, Konstantin Zedtwitz-Liebenstein, Willfried Bursch, Alan David Kaye
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