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Rhabdomyolysis After Cooked Seafood Consumption (Haff Disease) in the United States vs China

James H. Diaz
Ochsner Journal June 2015, 15 (2) 170-175;
James H. Diaz
Program in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, and the Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
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