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Tangled Up in Red Cells: A Large Liver Mass with Intravascular Hemolysis

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    Manish P. Shrestha, Nizar Senussi, Nicholas Volpicelli & Denis McCarthy

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Shrestha, M.P., Senussi, N., Volpicelli, N. et al. Tangled Up in Red Cells: A Large Liver Mass with Intravascular Hemolysis. Dig Dis Sci 65, 1960–1963 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06311-5

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