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Necrotizing fasciitis in myelodysplastic syndrome: an exceptionally rare occurrence

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  1. Hematology Division, S. Eugenio Hospital, Piazzale dell’Umanesimo 10, Rome, 00144, Italy

    Pasquale Niscola, Andrea Tendas, Luca Cupelli, Benedetta Neri, Laura Scaramucci, Luciana Morino, Marco Giovannini & Paolo de Fabritiis

  2. Pathology Department, S. Eugenio Hospital, Piazzale dell’Umanesimo 10, Rome, 00144, Italy

    Stefano Fratoni

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Niscola, P., Tendas, A., Cupelli, L. et al. Necrotizing fasciitis in myelodysplastic syndrome: an exceptionally rare occurrence. Support Care Cancer 21, 365–366 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-012-1588-3

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