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Original Article

Seventeen Years of Experience with Chronic Idlopathlc Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Childhood. Is Therapy Always Better?

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Pages 487-498 | Received 04 Jan 1994, Accepted 25 Feb 1994, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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