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Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2024



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2022;33(2):241-6
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Co-existence of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Megaloblastic Anaemia: A Case-Based Review
Partisha Gupta1, Sakir Ahmed2, Nikunj Kishore Rout3, Chaitanya Yelisetti1, Ranjita Panigrahi4, Pradip Kumar Behera1, Krishna Padarabinda Tripathy1, Sudhansu Sekhar Panda1
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1Department of Internal Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

2Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

3Department of Nephrology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

4Department of Pathology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

 

P. Gupta, S. Ahmed, N. K. Rout, C. Yelisetti, R. Panigrahi, P. K. Behera, K. P. Tripathy, S. S. Panda

Keywords: TTP, microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, megaloblastic anaemia, thrombocytopenia
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