[A case of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria which was aggravated by onset of type B acute hepatitis].
K ShimizuHiroyuki OkudaM TomimatsuKazuma YamauchiE. IsonoT HisamitsuHiroyuki ObataKazuo OshimiHiroyuki Mizoguchi
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