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. 2017 May 1;189(17):E638.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160938.

Fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs

Tiffany Chan  1 , Paul E Bunce  2
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Fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs

Tiffany Chan et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

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