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Carbimazole Induced Aplastic Anaemia

Anand Zachariah, Suvir Singh

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Drug induced haematological toxicity consists of a varied group of conditions which can range from asymptomatic to life threatening. We re-port a patient who presented with a rare mani-festation of drug induced haematological toxici-ty.

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