Hydroxychloroquine ototoxicity in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

An Bras Dermatol

Service of Dermatology, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Published: June 2018

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