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Original Article

Massive Intravascular Hemolysis: A Fatal Complication of Clostridium Perfringens Septicemia in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

George Vaiopoulos First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christin Calpadaki First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Haris Sinifakoulis First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Kostas Konstantopoulos First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Athina Avlami First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Joanna Stefanou First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Gerassimos A Pangalis First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Pages 2157-2159 | Received 16 Mar 2003, Published online: 03 Aug 2009

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