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Late onset of Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome without proteinuria in four children of one family from the Lebanon

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  1. Jochen Rössler

    Present address: Clinic IV: Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg, Mathildenstrasse. 1, 79106 , Freiburg, Germany

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  1. Department of Paediatric Haematology Oncology and Endocrinology, Children's Hospital, University of Essen, 45122 , Essen, Germany

    Jochen Rössler, Stefanie Breitenstein & Werner Havers

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Rössler, J., Breitenstein, S. & Havers, W. Late onset of Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome without proteinuria in four children of one family from the Lebanon. Eur J Pediatr 162, 808–809 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1306-8

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