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An under-recognized cause of copper deficiency mimicking myelodysplastic syndrome

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Margaret A. Stafford

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Ming Y. Lim

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Stafford, M.A., Lim, M.Y. An under-recognized cause of copper deficiency mimicking myelodysplastic syndrome. Ann Hematol 98, 1021–1023 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-018-3512-5

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