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Research Article

Extensive Splenic Infarction, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Emboli Complicating Induction Therapy with All-trans-retinoic Acid (ATRA) for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Neta Goldschmidt Department of Hematology Hadassah University Hospital Kiryat Hadassah P.O. Box, 91120 Jerusalem Israel
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Alexander Gural Department of Hematology Hadassah University Hospital Kiryat Hadassah P.O. Box, 91120 Jerusalem Israel
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Dina Ben Yehuda Department of Hematology Hadassah University Hospital Kiryat Hadassah P.O. Box, 91120 Jerusalem Israel
Pages 1433-1437 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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