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A case of late onset erythropoietic protoporphyria associated with myelodysplastic syndrome treated by the combination of beta carotene and azacitidine

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  1. Japan Railway Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Shinya Okuda, Chiaki Takebayashi & Kazuhiko Kobayashi

  2. Division of Social Communication System for Advanced Clinical Research, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Tetsuya Tanimoto & Masahiro Kami

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Nishikawa, Y., Okuda, S., Takebayashi, C. et al. A case of late onset erythropoietic protoporphyria associated with myelodysplastic syndrome treated by the combination of beta carotene and azacitidine. Ann Hematol 92, 1415–1416 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1720-6

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