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Recurrent acute myopericarditis without effusion during ATRA induction and ATO salvage of APL: a variant form of the differentiation syndrome?

Theodoros P. VassilakopoulosDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece; Correspondence[email protected]
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John V. AsimakopoulosDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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Eleni PlataDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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Glafcos KelepesisDepartment of Cardiology, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece
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Kyriaki PeteviDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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Catherine KoutsiDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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Loula PapageorgiouDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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Panayiotis TsaftaridisDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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Maria K. AngelopoulouDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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Konstantinos KonstantopoulosDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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John MeletisDepartment of Haematology and BMT Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Attica, Athens, Greece;
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Pages 1743-1746 | Received 10 Oct 2016, Accepted 20 Oct 2016, Published online: 06 Dec 2016

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