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Tristano, A.G., Falcón, L., Willson, M. et al. Seizure associated with chloroquine therapy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatol Int 24, 315–316 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-003-0435-8
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