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Thrombocytopenia with rituximab treatment—splenomegaly as the risk factor

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  1. Department of Haematology, University Hospital Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL, UK

    Jagdish Adiyodi, Ian Hincks, Barrie E. Woodcock & Rahuman Salim

  2. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    Jecko Thachil & Stephen Hawkins

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Adiyodi, J., Thachil, J., Hawkins, S. et al. Thrombocytopenia with rituximab treatment—splenomegaly as the risk factor. Ann Hematol 89, 95–96 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-009-0768-9

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