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What is behind a relapse of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura?

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di comunità, Scuola di Specializzazione in Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

    Marco Capecchi

  2. Centro Emofilia e Trombosi Angelo Bianchi Bonomi, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

    Andrea Artoni

  3. Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Centro Malattie Rare, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

    Giovanna Graziadei

  4. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Comunità, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Maria Domenica Cappellini

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Capecchi, M., Artoni, A., Cappellini, M.D. et al. What is behind a relapse of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura?. Intern Emerg Med 13, 709–712 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1764-z

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