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Successful outcome of DIC and life-threatening bleeding in a toddler with neuroblastoma treated with recombinant activated factor VII

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  1. Paediatric Oncology Department, “Hippokration” General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Konstantinoupoleos 49, 54642, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Emmanouil S. Hatzipantelis, Vasiliki Sidi, Evgenia Papakonstantinou & Dimitrios E. Koliouskas

  2. 1st Paediatric Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “Hippokration” General Hospital, Konstantinoupoleos 49, 54642, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Nikolaos Gombakis

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Hatzipantelis, E.S., Gombakis, N., Sidi, V. et al. Successful outcome of DIC and life-threatening bleeding in a toddler with neuroblastoma treated with recombinant activated factor VII. Intern Emerg Med 3, 171–173 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0104-8

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