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Fatal anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome in an infant

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  1. Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, 5 Fu-Shin Street, 333, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Chih-Jung Chen, Yhu-Chering Huang, Chuan-Yu Wang & Tzou-Yien Lin

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Chen, CJ., Huang, YC., Wang, CY. et al. Fatal anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome in an infant. Eur J Pediatr 162, 893–894 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1190-2

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