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Pericarditis Associated with High-Dose Cytarabine Therapy for Acute Myeloblasts Leukemia: a Rare Complication of Therapy

Shmuel Gillis Departments of Haematology and Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
,
Eldad J. Dann Departments of Haematology and Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
,
Yaron Ilan Departments of Haematology and Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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Michael Ginzburg Departments of Haematology and Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Pages 525-526 | Received 12 Nov 1991, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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