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A warning about agranulocytosis with the use of cocaine adulterated with levamisole
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Abstract
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| Since 2004, the US Food And Drug Administration and the European Medicine Agency are giving warnings about cocaine adulterated with levamisole. Levamisole is primarily used as an anti-helminthic. One of the sideeffects of levamisole is a decreased bone marrow function. Herein we describe the first case of agranulocytosis and neutropenic fever due to cocaine adulterated with levamisole reported in Europe. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Acta clinica Belgica. - Leuven, 1946 - 1997
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Publication
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Leuven
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2011
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ISSN
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0001-5512
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DOI
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10.2143/ACB.66.3.2062553
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Volume/pages
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66
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(2011)
, p. 226-227
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ISI
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000292432300011
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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