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Case Report

Avatrombopag improves thrombocytopenia in MYH9-related disorder following eltrombopag treatment failure

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Pages 1307-1311 | Received 06 Mar 2022, Accepted 24 Jun 2022, Published online: 05 Jul 2022

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