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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with lenalidomide-responsive multiple myeloma

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  1. Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Chan Yoon Cheah, Robert Z. Orlowski & Elisabet E. Manasanch

  2. Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Robert Z. Orlowski

  3. Section of Thrombosis & Benign Hematology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Thein H. Oo

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Cheah, C.Y., Orlowski, R.Z., Manasanch, E.E. et al. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with lenalidomide-responsive multiple myeloma. Ann Hematol 94, 1605–1607 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-015-2421-0

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