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Clinical Features - Case report

Acute fluconazole toxicity: a case presenting with protean manifestations including systemic and neurologic symptoms

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Pages 250-252 | Received 05 Jun 2020, Accepted 20 Oct 2020, Published online: 12 Nov 2020

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