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This case report has been presented in part at the DGHO (“Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Onkologie”) Meeting in Basel, 2011, as an oral presentation.
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Parmentier, S., Meinel, J., Oelschlaegel, U. et al. Severe pernicious anemia with distinct cytogenetic and flow cytometric aberrations mimicking myelodysplastic syndrome. Ann Hematol 91, 1979–1981 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-012-1488-0
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