To the editor: The interesting article by van Beers et al. states that functional studies does not offer clues as to the presence of mild pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) [1]. However, they did show that although not statistically significant, lung function find
Refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with cyclosporine
โ Scribed by Bachmanr, William R.; Brennan, James K.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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