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Levamisole tainted cocaine causing severe neutropenia in Alberta and British Columbia
BACKGROUND: Five cases of severe neutropenia (neutrophil counts < 0.5 per 10(9 )cells/L) associated with exposure to cocaine and levamisole, an antihelimithic agent no longer available in Canada, were identified in Alberta in 2008. Alberta and British Columbia (BC) public health officials issued...
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19919709 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-6-30 |