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Severe thrombocytopenia and haemolytic anaemia associated with ciprofloxacin: A case report with fatal outcome

Marco Tuccori Tuscan Regional Centre for Pharmacovigilance, Florence, Italy; Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Benedetta Guidi Section of Forensic Medicine, Department of Neurosciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Giovanni Carulli Division of Haematology, Department of Oncology, Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Corrado Blandizzi Tuscan Regional Centre for Pharmacovigilance, Florence, Italy
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Mario Del Tacca Tuscan Regional Centre for Pharmacovigilance, Florence, Italy; Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marco Di Paolo Section of Forensic Medicine, Department of Neurosciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Pages 384-387 | Received 09 Oct 2007, Accepted 15 Feb 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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