Therapeutic plasma exchange for the treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A retrospective multicenter study
✍ Scribed by Fevzi Altuntas; Ismet Aydogdu; Sibel Kabukcu; Ismail Kocyigit; Kerim Cıkım; Ismail Sarı; M. Ali Erkut; Bulent Eser; Ahmet Ozturk; Emin Kaya; Mustafa Cetin; Ali Keskin; Ali Unal
- Book ID
- 116928543
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1473-0502
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