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[Takotsubo cardiomyopathy developing during anagrelide therapy in a patient with essential thrombocythemia]

Takahiro Nagashima1, Shinpei Harada1, Hiroyuki Kimura1

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine and General Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kitami Hospital.

[Rinsho Ketsueki] the Japanese Journal of Clinical Hematology
|January 11, 2019
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Keywords:
AnagrelideEssential thrombocythemiaTakotsubo cardiomyopathy

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