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Metamizole Sodium-Induced Severe Aplastic Anemia and its Recovery with a Short-Course Steroid Therapy

Sevgi Yetgin Section of Pediatric Hematology, Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Emel Özyürek Section of Pediatric Hematology, Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Deniz Aslan Section of Pediatric Hematology, Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Mualla Çetin Section of Pediatric Hematology, Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Pages 343-347 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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