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Are Concerns About Aplastic Anaemia Justified?

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    Peter Flegg, Izham Cheong &  Philip D. Welsby

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Flegg, P., Cheong, I. & Welsby, P.D. Chloramphenicol. Drug-Safety 7, 167–169 (1992). https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-199207030-00001

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