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Letters to the Editor

Hypofibrinogenemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation rarely complicate treatment-naïve acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Charles GaulinDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Angela ChanLeukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA;
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Andriy DerkachDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA;
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Jae H. ParkLeukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA;
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Simon ManthaDivision of Hematology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Mark B. GeyerLeukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5248-9117
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Martin S. TallmanLeukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA;
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Pages 2497-2501 | Received 11 Mar 2020, Accepted 27 Apr 2020, Published online: 18 May 2020

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