Toxoplasmosis-Associated Hemophagocytosis in a Preterm Newborn
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Sema Arayıcı1, Fatma Nur Sarı1, Neşe Yaralı2, Mehmet Yekta Öncel1, Gülsüm Kadıoğlu Şimşek1, Nurdan Uras1, Uğur Dilmen3 1Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Division of Neonatology, Ankara, Turkey 2Ankara Children’s Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Ankara, Turkey 3Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey
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