A case of fatal hyperammonaemic encephalopathy in a patient with end-stage Multiple Myeloma treated with daratumumab

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Mauro Passucci
Francesca Fazio
Maria Teresa Petrucci

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High risk Multiple Myeloma, hyperammonemia

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