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. 1993 Mar 27;306(6881):841–842. doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6881.841

Acute haemolysis induced by high dose ascorbic acid in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

D C Rees ¹, H Kelsey ¹, J D Richards ¹

PMCID: PMC1677333 PMID: 8490379

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