ITP or Not-ITP - a Rare Case of PTLD Recurrence Presenting As Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v128.22.4942.4942