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Silvia Manrique-Rodríguez1, Amelia C Sánchez-Galindo, Jesús López-Herce

  • 1Silvia Manrique-Rodríguez, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is Clinical Hospital Pharmacist; Amelia C. Sánchez-Galindo, M.D., is Intensive Care Pediatrician; and Jesús López-Herce, M.D., Ph.D., is Intensive Care Pediatrician, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. Miguel Ángel Calleja-Hernández, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is Director, Pharmacy Service, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain. Fernando Martínez-Martínez, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is University Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus de Cartuja, Granada. Irene Iglesias-Peinado, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is University Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid. Ángel Carrillo-Álvarez, M.D., Ph.D., is Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. María Sanjurjo Sáez, Pharm.D., is Director; and Cecilia M. Fernández-Llamazares, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is Clinical Hospital Pharmacist, Pharmacy Service, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón.

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
|October 17, 2013
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