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Efficacy of interferon-alpha in essential thrombocythemia during pregnancy

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We thank the members of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Takeda General Hospital.

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  1. The Center for Hematological Diseases, Takeda General Hospital, 28-1 Ishida-Moriminami, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, 601-1495, Japan

    Yataro Yoshida, Tatsuya Katsurada & Yukiharu Nakabou

  2. Department of Immunology and Hematology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

    Hiroshi Kawabata

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Yoshida, Y., Katsurada, T., Nakabou, Y. et al. Efficacy of interferon-alpha in essential thrombocythemia during pregnancy. Ann Hematol 96, 877–878 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-2946-5

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