Macrolide antibiotics and the risk of cardiac arrhythmias.

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Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on May 15, 2014

Authors

Richard K Albert1, Joseph L Schuller, COPD Clinical Research Network

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Denver Health, Denver, Colorado; and.

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