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. 2015 Jan;21(1):171-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid2101.141040.

Endophthalmitis outbreak associated with repackaged bevacizumab

Laura S Edison, Hope O Dishman, Melissa J Tobin-D'Angelo, C Richard Allen, Alice Y Guh, Cherie L Drenzek

Endophthalmitis outbreak associated with repackaged bevacizumab

Laura S Edison et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jan.
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