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Vincristine-resistant Kasabach–Merritt phenomenon successfully treated with low-dose radiotherapy

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan

    Yuko Watanabe, Masaei Onuma, Chung Y. Looi, Yuka Saito, Hiroshi Kitazawa, Hidetaka Niizuma, Takeshi Rikiishi, Osamu Sakamoto, Yoji Sasahara, Satoru Kumaki & Shigeru Tsuchiya

  2. Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Mika Watanabe

  3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Shigeko Ushio

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Watanabe, Y., Onuma, M., Looi, C.Y. et al. Vincristine-resistant Kasabach–Merritt phenomenon successfully treated with low-dose radiotherapy. Int J Hematol 93, 126–128 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-010-0740-4

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