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Case Studies

Vitamin B12 deficiency mimicking acute leukemia

Manojna KondaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas; Correspondence[email protected]
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Abhijit GodboleDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4922-123X
, MD, PhDORCID Icon,
Soumya PandeyDepartment of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
, MD &
Appalanaidu SasapuDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas;
, MD
Pages 589-592 | Received 17 Apr 2019, Accepted 01 Jul 2019, Published online: 30 Jul 2019

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