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Megakaryocytopoiesis in haematological disorders: Diagnostic features of bone marrow biopsies

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Thiele, J., Fischer, R. Megakaryocytopoiesis in haematological disorders: Diagnostic features of bone marrow biopsies. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 418, 87–97 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01600283

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