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01-01-2020 | Thymoma | Letter to Editor

Successful Treatment of a Patient with Chronic Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome, Neutropenia and Thymoma

Authors: Rohit R. Ghurye, Asim Khan, Timothy Yung, Sorena Kiani-Alikhan, Debasish Pyne, Sofia Grigoriadou

Published in: Journal of Clinical Immunology | Issue 1/2020

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Title: Successful Treatment of a Patient with Chronic Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome, Neutropenia and Thymoma
Authors: Rohit R. Ghurye
Asim Khan
Timothy Yung
Sorena Kiani-Alikhan
Debasish Pyne
Sofia Grigoriadou
Publication date: 01-01-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Thymoma
Edema
Neutropenia
Terbutaline
Thymoma
Prednisolone
Published in: Journal of Clinical Immunology / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0271-9142
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2592
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-019-00722-4

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