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Severe aplastic anemia in a patient with erythropoietic protoporphyria successfully treated by avatrombopag

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We thank the families for giving consent to disclose their medical records and provide blood samples for our study.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (81970106).

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  1. Eight-Year MD Program, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

    Ziming Jiang

  2. Department of Hematology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

    Xianyong Jiang & Miao Chen

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Z.J. and M.C. provided diagnosis and treatment for the patient and wrote the manuscript. Both authors reviewed the manuscript and approved the final submission of the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Miao Chen.

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Jiang, Z., Jiang, X. & Chen, M. Severe aplastic anemia in a patient with erythropoietic protoporphyria successfully treated by avatrombopag. Ann Hematol 101, 1361–1363 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-021-04726-2

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