A case of autosplenectomy associated with T-cell checkpoint inhibitor treatment
Rachel Delahunty1, Margaret Lee1, Mineesh Datta2
1Department of Medical Oncology, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
BMJ Case Reports
|October 22, 2017
Abstract
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