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Case Report

Successful use of rituximab in platelet transfusion refractoriness in a multi-transfused patient with myelodysplastic syndrome

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Pages 195-196 | Received 24 Dec 2012, Accepted 22 Mar 2013, Published online: 01 May 2013

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