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  1. Section of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medicity Hospital, Secretariat Road, Hyderabad, India, 500063

    Prasad R. Koduri

  2. Section of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, India, 500034

    S. Vanajakshi

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Koduri, P.R., Vanajakshi, S. Splenic infarction in thalassemia major. Ann Hematol 92, 573–574 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-012-1589-9

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