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Budd-Chiari syndrome in a paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria patient with previous cerebral venous thrombosis

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  1. Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University of Naples, Via S. Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Antonella Tufano, Nicola Macarone Palmieri, Ernesto Cimino & Anna Maria Cerbone

  2. Division of Hematology, Federico II University of Naples, Via S. Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Fiorella Alfinito

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Tufano, A., Macarone Palmieri, N., Cimino, E. et al. Budd-Chiari syndrome in a paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria patient with previous cerebral venous thrombosis. Intern Emerg Med 4, 75–77 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0182-7

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