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07-02-2024 | IM - CASE RECORD

What is your next step? In a case of hemolysis and pancytopenia

Authors: Martina Perego, Teresa Muselli, Riccardo Schiavon

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine

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A 46-year-old man from Egypt came to the Emergency Room (ER) with a 7-day history of ankle swelling and a 4-month history of involuntary but significant weight loss. He denied fever, sweating, itching or other symptoms of infections apart from occasional diarrhea. He also denied alcohol intake, unsafe sexual intercourse and active smoke. …

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Title: What is your next step? In a case of hemolysis and pancytopenia
Authors: Martina Perego
Teresa Muselli
Riccardo Schiavon
Publication date: 07-02-2024
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-023-03516-0

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