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Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Presenting as Ischemic Stroke in Young

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Coagulopathy in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a very complex disorder and is believed to result from interplay of various factors. Usually patients present with bleeding tendencies which can be life threatening. However, a few present with thromboses. Here, we report a young male with APL who presented with ischemic stroke in young.

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  1. Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

    Rajan Kapoor, H. P. Pati, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta & Nitin Gupta

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Kapoor, R., Pati, H.P., Gupta, S.K. et al. Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Presenting as Ischemic Stroke in Young. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 29, 93–95 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-012-0145-z

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