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An atypical manifestation of acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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Acknowledgments

The study was partly supported by Lady Tata Junior Research Fellowship granted to one of the authors (PK).

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.

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There is no financial relationship with the organization which sponsored the research. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. National Institute of Immunohaematology (ICMR), KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, 400 012, India

    Priyanka Kasatkar, Kanjaksha Ghosh & Shrimati Shetty

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Kasatkar, P., Ghosh, K. & Shetty, S. An atypical manifestation of acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Ann Hematol 93, 173–175 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1767-4

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