Immune agranulocytosis and clarithromycin.

Hematology

Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit incorporating the Searll Research Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic, Cape Town, South Africa.

Published: August 2004

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