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Key Paper Evaluation

Raxibacumab for inhalational anthrax: an effective specific therapeutic approach?

Evaluation of: Migone TS, Subramanian GM, Zhong J, et al. Raxibacumab for the treatment of inhalational anthrax. N Engl J Med 2009;361(2):135-44

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Pages 909-911 | Published online: 07 May 2010

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