Acute pancreatitis caused by meglumine antimoniate given for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000100022