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CASE REPORT: Efficacy of Early Immunosuppressive Therapy in a Child with Carbamazepine-Associated Vanishing Bile Duct and Stevens-Johnson Syndromes

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

    Monica Garcia, Maroun J. Mhanna & Maya D. Srivastava

  2. Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

    Moon-Ja Chung-Park

  3. Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

    Pamela H. Davis

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Garcia, M., Mhanna, M.J., Chung-Park, MJ. et al. CASE REPORT: Efficacy of Early Immunosuppressive Therapy in a Child with Carbamazepine-Associated Vanishing Bile Duct and Stevens-Johnson Syndromes. Dig Dis Sci 47, 177–182 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013296310944

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