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Severe thrombocytopenia secondary to acute folate deficiency

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A case of rapid onset pancytopenia, apparently due to acute folate deficiency, occuring in a severely ill post-operative patient is described, and the possible aetiological factors discussed.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Haematology, Meath Hospital and Federated Voluntary Hospitals, Dublin 8

    A. J. S. Watson, E. Lawlor, I. J. Temperley & J. A. B. Keogh

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Watson, A.J.S., Lawlor, E., Temperley, I.J. et al. Severe thrombocytopenia secondary to acute folate deficiency. I.J.M.S. 150, 125–126 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02938216

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