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Comment on: Pesticide-Poisoned Patients: Can They Be Used as Potential Organ Donors?

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NIH 5U01 NS083457-05. Drs. Rubinstein and Feinstein are Co-Founders of EnSol Therapeutics, LLC.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Israel Rubinstein

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Douglas L. Feinstein

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Rubinstein, I., Feinstein, D.L. Comment on: Pesticide-Poisoned Patients: Can They Be Used as Potential Organ Donors?. J. Med. Toxicol. 14, 331–332 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-018-0682-4

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