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Case Report

Successful treatment of a patient with refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura in systemic lupus erythematosus with rituximab

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Pages 185-188 | Received 29 Aug 2019, Accepted 17 Nov 2019, Published online: 03 Dec 2019

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