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Extravascular hemolytic attack after eculizumab therapy for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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  1. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho 65, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan

    Akihiro Tomita & Tomoki Naoe

  2. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University Hospital, Isehara, Japan

    Yukari Shirasugi

  3. Department of Hematology, Gifu Social Insurance Hospital, Kani, Japan

    Takahiko Ito

  4. First Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

    Hisashi Tsurumi

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Tomita, A., Shirasugi, Y., Ito, T. et al. Extravascular hemolytic attack after eculizumab therapy for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Ann Hematol 91, 1139–1141 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-011-1368-z

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