Successful treatment with rituximab in an elderly patient with acquired factor VIII inhibitor
β Scribed by Elodie Cretel; Rodolphe Jean; Laurent Chiche; Jean Marc Durand
- Book ID
- 109005423
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1444-1586
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