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Pancytopenia and severe sepsis in an adult case of congenital X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA)

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  1. Hematology Unit, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Tendas, Pasquale Niscola, Teresa Dentamaro, Luca Cupelli, Agostina Siniscalchi, Teresa Scimò, Laura Scaramucci, Marco Giovannini, Micaela Ales, Alessio Pio Perrotti & Paolo de Fabritiis

  2. Pathology Department, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Stefano Fratoni

  3. Department of Public Health, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

    Gigliola Di Matteo & Andrea Finocchi

  4. Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Finocchi

  5. Hematology Division, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Piazzale dell’Umanesimo 10, 00144, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Tendas

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Tendas, A., Niscola, P., Dentamaro, T. et al. Pancytopenia and severe sepsis in an adult case of congenital X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). Ann Hematol 89, 949–951 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-009-0891-7

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