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We would like to thank to Dr. Kenichi Kitamura (Department of Hematology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital) for his kind support.
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Inaba, T., Ohama, A. Prominent increase of Pappenheimer body-containing erythrocytes in a patient with hypoplastic spleen (IJHM-D-18-00279R2). Int J Hematol 108, 351–352 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-018-2512-5
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