Successful treatment of acquired pure red cell aplasia and acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia with anti‐thymocyte globulin
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hematology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0361-8609,1096-8652
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8652(200102)66:2<154::aid-ajh1037>3.3.co;2-8