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Letter

Feasible concomitant treatment with eltrombopag and oral anticoagulation in a patient with chronic immune thrombocytopenia and severe cardiac comorbidities

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Pages 309-310 | Received 08 Jan 2013, Accepted 22 Jan 2013, Published online: 27 Feb 2013

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