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  1. Department of Haematology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK

    Francesca M. E. Jones & Syed Waqas Bokhari

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    Francesca M. E. Jones

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Jones, F.M.E., Bokhari, S.W. Hyperammonemic encephalopathy in multiple myeloma. Ann Hematol 93, 1431–1432 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1973-0

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