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Spinal cord compression due to extramedullary haematopoiesis in thalassaemia: A case report and review of the literature

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  1. Department of Neurology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Breedestruat 193 (0), Curaçao, The Netherlands Antilles

    Ingemar S. J. Martina

  2. Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Hospital, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Ingemar S. J. Martina & Pieter A. van Doorn

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Martina, I.S.J., van Doorn, P.A. Spinal cord compression due to extramedullary haematopoiesis in thalassaemia: A case report and review of the literature. J Neurol 243, 364–366 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00868413

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