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  1. Clinical Pharmacology Program, Addiction Research Foundation and Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Toronto, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada

    Claudio A. Naranjo & Krista L. Lanctôt

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Naranjo, C.A., Lanctôt, K.L. Recent Developments in Computer-Assisted Diagnosis of Putative Adverse Drug Reactions. Drug-Safety 6, 315–322 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-199106050-00001

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