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Ciprofloxacin-induced acute haemolytic anaemia in a patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Mediterranean deficiency: a case report

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  1. Division of Internal Medicine, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Lorenz-Böhler Street 5, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

    Stefano Sansone, Johanna Rottensteiner & Christian Josef Wiedermann

  2. Division of Oncology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Lorenz-Böhler Street 5, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

    Judith Stocker

  3. Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Lorenz-Böhler Street 5, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

    Carlo Rosanelli

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Sansone, S., Rottensteiner, J., Stocker, J. et al. Ciprofloxacin-induced acute haemolytic anaemia in a patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Mediterranean deficiency: a case report. Ann Hematol 89, 935–937 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-010-0903-7

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