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Kasabach-Merritt syndrome: dangers of interferon and successful treatment with pentoxifylline

✍ Scribed by Michael N. de la Hunt

Book ID
116685554
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
97 KB
Volume
41
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-3468

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