Use of chloramphenicol as topical eye medication: time to cry halt?
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Use of chloramphenicol as topical eye medication: time to cry halt?
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Is it time to stop using chloramphenicol on the eye? Fears are based on only six cases.BMJ. 1995 Aug 12;311(7002):450; author reply 451. doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7002.450. BMJ. 1995. PMID: 7640597 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Is it time to stop using chloramphenicol on the eye? Safe in patients with no history of blood dyscrasia.BMJ. 1995 Aug 12;311(7002):450; author reply 451. doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7002.450a. BMJ. 1995. PMID: 7640598 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Is it time to stop using chloramphenicol on the eye? Risk is low in short courses.BMJ. 1995 Aug 12;311(7002):450-1; author reply 451. doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7002.450b. BMJ. 1995. PMID: 7640599 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Is it time to stop using chloramphenicol on the eye? Prospective study of aplastic anaemia should give definitive answer.BMJ. 1995 Aug 12;311(7002):451. doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7002.451a. BMJ. 1995. PMID: 7640600 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Is it time to stop using chloramphenicol on the eye? General practitioners would expect to see aplasia roughly once each century.BMJ. 1995 Aug 12;311(7002):451; author reply 451. doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7002.451. BMJ. 1995. PMID: 7640601 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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