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Successful treatment of refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia with rituximab and cyclosporin A in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease

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  1. Department of Haematology, Medical University of Lodz and Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland

    Jacek Treliński, Krzysztof Chojnowski, Marek Kasznicki & Tadeusz Robak

  2. Department of Clinical Immunology, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Warsaw, Poland

    Magdalena Kurenko-Deptuch & Ewa Bernatowska

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Treliński, J., Chojnowski, K., Kurenko-Deptuch, M. et al. Successful treatment of refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia with rituximab and cyclosporin A in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease. Ann Hematol 84, 835–836 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-005-1094-5

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