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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan-Mar;66(1):54.
doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_454_19.

Doxycycline-induced staining of teeth and malar rash in a child

G Joshi  1 , D Dhingra  1 , S S Pandav  1 , S Kaushik  1
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Case Reports

Doxycycline-induced staining of teeth and malar rash in a child

G Joshi et al. J Postgrad Med. 2020 Jan-Mar.
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Panel A: Black staining of the teeth after 3 weeks of treatment with doxycycline (solid arrow) and malar rash over the tip of nose and cheeks (block arrow). Panel B: Disappearance of the rash and reversal of teeth staining after 3 months of stopping the drug
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