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Rapid response and sustained remission by rituximab in four cases of plasma-exchange-failed acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

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  1. Division of Haematology, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

    Laura Scaramucci, Pasquale Niscola, Marco Giovannini, Micaela Ales, Andrea Tendas, Luca Cupelli, Giuseppina Natale, Teresa Dentamaro, Alessio Pio Perrotti & Paolo de Fabritiis

  2. Nephrology Unit, S. Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Roberto Palumbo

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Scaramucci, L., Niscola, P., Palumbo, R. et al. Rapid response and sustained remission by rituximab in four cases of plasma-exchange-failed acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Int J Hematol 89, 398–399 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-009-0274-9

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