Successful Treatment of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome with Cyclosporine and Corticosteroid

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¹ , BScPhm, RPh, is a Clinical Pharmacist at North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
² , BScPhm, MSc, PharmD, RPh, is the Elder Care Pharmacy Practitioner with North York General Hospital and an Adjunct Lecturer with the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

Jessica Auyeung et al. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2018 Jul-Aug.

. 2018 Jul-Aug;71(4):272-275.

Epub 2018 Aug 28.

¹ , BScPhm, RPh, is a Clinical Pharmacist at North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
² , BScPhm, MSc, PharmD, RPh, is the Elder Care Pharmacy Practitioner with North York General Hospital and an Adjunct Lecturer with the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

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Erratum: Successful Treatment of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome with Cyclosporine and Corticosteroid: Correction.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Can J Hosp Pharm. 2018 Sep-Oct;71(5):292. Epub 2018 Oct 31. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2018. PMID: 30401993 Free PMC article.

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