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Heparin Deaths Higher, FDA Says
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Title Heparin Deaths Higher, FDA Says
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572751?src=rss
Description As many as 62 deaths over the past 15 months have been linked to tainted heparin on the basis of allergic/hypotensive symptoms, although heparin may not have actually caused the deaths. Heartwire
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Date Apr 10, 2008
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