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Myelodysplasia-associated Sweet’s syndrome: clinical and laboratory presentation and response to thalidomide

Bartlomiej Wawrzycki1, Dariusz Jawniak2, Aldona Pietrzak1, Justyna Szumilo3, Dorota Krasowska1
Acta Haematol Pol 2021;52(2):132-136.

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