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Clindamycin hydrochloride and clindamycin phosphate: two drugs or one? A retrospective analysis of a spontaneous reporting system

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Li, H., Deng, J., Yue, Z. et al. Clindamycin hydrochloride and clindamycin phosphate: two drugs or one? A retrospective analysis of a spontaneous reporting system. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 73, 251–253 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-016-2161-7

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