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    Mark Tan, Samantha Goh & Hutan Ashrafian

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Tan, M., Goh, S. & Ashrafian, H. Michelangelo's John the Baptist and thalassemia. Ann Hematol 92, 1293–1294 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1710-8

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