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Inadvertent bleeding in an infant after inguinal hernioplasty leads to diagnosis of hemophilia B

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Sumie, M., Toyama, K., Morikawa, K. et al. Inadvertent bleeding in an infant after inguinal hernioplasty leads to diagnosis of hemophilia B. J Anesth 26, 299–300 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-011-1290-5

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