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Necrotising vasculitis of the skin associated with an herbal medicine containing amfepramone

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This work was supported in part by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation, No 3200B0-109352.

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  1. Blood Transfusion Service SRC Ltd Bern, Murtenstrasse 42, 3008, Bern, Switzerland

    Ulrike Halbsguth

  2. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Stefanie Schwanda

  3. Laboratories OMCL, Swissmedic, Bern, Switzerland

    Thomas Lehmann

  4. Deptartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Sonja Ostheeren-Michaelis

  5. Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital-University Hospital Bern and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Karin Fattinger

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Halbsguth, U., Schwanda, S., Lehmann, T. et al. Necrotising vasculitis of the skin associated with an herbal medicine containing amfepramone. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 65, 647–648 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-009-0632-9

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