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Letter to the Editor

Rapid flare of immune thrombocytopenia after stopping ibrutinib in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Rino SatoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8494-3289
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Jillian JacobDepartment of Medical Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Sameh GaballaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1738-1741 | Received 24 Jun 2017, Accepted 30 Sep 2017, Published online: 30 Oct 2017

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