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. 2020 Oct;105(4):512-513.
doi: 10.1111/ejh.13460. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Doubtful precipitation of hemolysis by hydroxychloroquine in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient patient with COVID-19 infection

T P Afra  1 , Ram Vasudevan Nampoothiri  2 , Muhammed Razmi T  1
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Doubtful precipitation of hemolysis by hydroxychloroquine in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient patient with COVID-19 infection

T P Afra et al. Eur J Haematol. 2020 Oct.
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