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Severe thrombocytopenia and clinical bleeding associated with rituximab infusion in a lymphoma patient with massive splenomegaly without leukemic invasion

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Rigamonti, C., Volta, C., Colombi, S. et al. Severe thrombocytopenia and clinical bleeding associated with rituximab infusion in a lymphoma patient with massive splenomegaly without leukemic invasion. Leukemia 15, 186–187 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2401987

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