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Case Report

Drug-to-drug interaction between dapsone and minocycline: An unusual cause of relapse of toxoplasmic encephalitis in an HIV-infected patient

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Pages 700-702 | Received 19 Jun 2009, Published online: 09 Sep 2009

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