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. 1992 Mar;156(3):303–306.

The sulfone syndrome in a patient receiving dapsone prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

J Mohle-Boetani 1, S K Akula 1, M Holodniy 1, D Katzenstein 1, G Garcia 1
PMCID: PMC1003252  PMID: 1595261

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