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A case of refractory anemia with 17p− syndrome following azathioprine treatment for heart transplantation

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  1. Service des Maladies du Sang, CHU de Lille, France

    S Depil & B Quesnel

  2. Laboratoire d'Hématologie, CHU de Lille, France

    P Lepelley, V Soenen & C Preudhomme

  3. Laboratoire de Cytogénétique, CHU de Lille, France

    J L Lai

  4. Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, CHU de Lille, France

    F Broly

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Depil, S., Lepelley, P., Soenen, V. et al. A case of refractory anemia with 17p− syndrome following azathioprine treatment for heart transplantation. Leukemia 18, 878 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403305

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