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Reversible encephalopathy after intravenous ciprofloxacin therapy

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  1. Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, G3 8SJ, Glasgow, UK

    Elhussein I. Rfidah, Christine A. Findlay & T. James Beattie

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Rfidah, E.I., Findlay, C.A. & Beattie, T.J. Reversible encephalopathy after intravenous ciprofloxacin therapy. Pediatr Nephrol 9, 250–251 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00860763

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