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Aplastic Anemia

Danazol increases T regulatory cells in patients with aplastic anemia

Harshit KhuranaDepartment of Clinical Hematology, Medical Division, Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore, India
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Pankaj MalhotraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Man Updesh SachdevaDepartment of Hematology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Neelam VarmaDepartment of Hematology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Parveen BoseDepartment of Hematology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Uday YanamandraDepartment of Clinical Hematology, Army Hospital Research and Referral, Delhi, India
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Subhash VarmaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Alka KhadwalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Deepesh LadDepartment of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Gaurav PrakashDepartment of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Pages 496-500 | Published online: 08 Feb 2018

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