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Case Report

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and myasthenia gravis after fludarabine treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Katsumichi Fujimaki First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, JapanCorrespondence : [email protected]
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Hirotaka Takasaki First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Hideyuki Koharazawa First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Maki Takabayashi First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Satoshi Yamaji First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Yasuhisa Baba First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; Department of Neurology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Heiwa Kanamori First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan; First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Pages 1101-1102 | Received 19 Jan 2005, Published online: 03 Aug 2009

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