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Brief Communication

Acute visual loss following dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia and hemolysis

Delphine HanuschkDepartment of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Alexandra KozyreffDepartment of Ophthalmology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Naima TafziService de Pharmacologie, Toxicologie et Pharmacovigilance, CHU de Limoges, France
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Dominique TennstedtDepartment of Dermatology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Philippe HantsonDepartment of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium;Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Franck Saint-MarcouxService de Pharmacologie, Toxicologie et Pharmacovigilance, CHU de Limoges, France
Pages 489-492 | Received 27 Jan 2015, Accepted 19 Mar 2015, Published online: 10 Apr 2015

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