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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020): Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Volume 12, 2020
“Hemolysis, or not Hemolysis, that is the question”. Use of hydroxychloroquine in a patient with COVID-19 infection and G6PD deficiency.
Hemolysis by Hemolysis and G6PD deficiency.
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Received: August 18, 2020
Accepted: September 14, 2020
Accepted: September 14, 2020
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“‘Hemolysis, or not Hemolysis, that is the question’. Use of hydroxychloroquine in a patient with COVID-19 infection and G6PD deficiency.: Hemolysis by Hemolysis and G6PD deficiency”. (2020) Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 12(1), p. e2020076. doi:10.4084/mjhid.2020.076.
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