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Comment
. 2020 Aug;83(4):350.
doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20200074. Epub 2020 Jul 29.

A warning against associating doxycycline with isotretinoin

Alexandre Xavier da Costa  1 , Gabriel Lima Benchimol  2 , Tulio Frade Reis  3
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Comment

A warning against associating doxycycline with isotretinoin

Alexandre Xavier da Costa et al. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

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