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Immunosuppressant therapy of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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    Yeon S. Ahn, William J. Harrington & Ravindra Mylvaganam

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Supported by grants # 5R01 AM 25485 and # 5 M01 RR00261, by a Miami VA merit review award (0215-01) as well as by funds provided by the Mary Beth Weiss Research Fund, the Women's Cancer Association, the Steven Andrew de Young Leukemia Foundation, the H. Spencer Lichte Memorial Fund and the Crane Family Fund.

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Ahn, Y.S., Harrington, W.J. & Mylvaganam, R. Immunosuppressant therapy of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Springer Semin Immunopathol 7, 35–42 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01891778

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