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Dapsone intoxication: clinical course and characteristics

Kyung Hye Park Department of Emergency Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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Hyun Kim Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Lifelong Health, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christopher Chongseo Lee Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Kyung Chul Cha Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Lifelong Health, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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Seung Min Park Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Lifelong Health, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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Ho Jin Ji Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Lifelong Health, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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Han Ho Do Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Lifelong Health, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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Kang Hyun Lee Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Lifelong Health, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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Sung Oh Hwang Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute of Lifelong Health, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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Adam J. Singer Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Pages 516-521 | Received 09 Sep 2009, Accepted 29 Apr 2010, Published online: 09 Jun 2010

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