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Simultaneous appearance of central nervous system relapse and subarachnoid hemorrhage during the treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia

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  1. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 1138655, Japan

    Sumimasa Nagai, Takashi Asai, Takuro Watanabe, Kumi Oshima, Akira Hangaishi, Yoshinobu Kanda, Toru Motokura, Shigeru Chiba & Mineo Kurokawa

  2. Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Shigeki Aoki & Kuni Ohtomo

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Nagai, S., Asai, T., Watanabe, T. et al. Simultaneous appearance of central nervous system relapse and subarachnoid hemorrhage during the treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Ann Hematol 87, 593–595 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-008-0436-5

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