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June 18, 2012Clinical ToxicologyOpen Access

Multifocal inflammatory leukoencephalopathy associated with cocaine abuse: Is levamisole responsible?

Paul D. Blanc Kara L. Lynch

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To the Editor:Larocque and Hoffman’s recent review of levamisole, which has emerged as a ubiquitous adulterant of cocaine, noted that this immune-modulatory drug is clearly linked to agranulocytosi...

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6acd83cb380315e075ef8808 https://doi.org/10.3109/15563650.2012.692794

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