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Abdominal Pain and Diarrhoea Caused by Topical Clindamycin Phosphate

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  1. Emergency Department, St Anna Hospital, Corso Giovecca 203, I-44100, Ferrara, Italy

    Massimo Gallerani & Luciano Ricci

  2. Institute of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Girolamo Calò

  3. First Institute of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Roberto Manfredini

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Gallerani, M., Ricci, L., Calò, G. et al. Abdominal Pain and Diarrhoea Caused by Topical Clindamycin Phosphate. Clin. Drug Invest. 14, 243–245 (1997). https://doi.org/10.2165/00044011-199714030-00013

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