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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Atypical presentation of retinoic acid syndrome that mimics septic arthritis in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia

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Pages 1193-1194 | Received 11 Feb 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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