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. 2012 Jan;29(1):90-2.
doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.92380.

Thrombocytopenia due to rifampicin

Ramakant Dixit  1 , Jacob George, Arun Kumar Sharma
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Thrombocytopenia due to rifampicin

Ramakant Dixit et al. Lung India. 2012 Jan.
No abstract available

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