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Carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine: reflections after an oxcarbazepine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap

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  1. Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru

    Jamil Poletti-Jabbour, Andrés Wiegering-Rospigliosi & Reneé Pereyra-Elías

  2. Hospital Regional de Ica, Ica, Peru

    Carmen Cecilia Elías-Barrera

  3. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga, Ica, Peru

    Carmen Cecilia Elías-Barrera

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Poletti-Jabbour, J., Wiegering-Rospigliosi, A., Pereyra-Elías, R. et al. Carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine: reflections after an oxcarbazepine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 72, 1031–1032 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-016-2066-5

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