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Metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity presenting with sudden bilateral hearing loss, encephalopathy, and cerebellar dysfunction

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  1. School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Elmira Agah

  2. NeuroImmunology Research Association (NIRA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

    Elmira Agah & Abbas Tafakhori

  3. Iranian Center of Neurological Research (ICNR), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Arman Habibi, Hamed Naderi & Abbas Tafakhori

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Agah, E., Habibi, A., Naderi, H. et al. Metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity presenting with sudden bilateral hearing loss, encephalopathy, and cerebellar dysfunction. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 73, 249–250 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-016-2147-5

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