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A case of acute promyelocytic leukemia with pericardial effusion successfully managed with colchicine during ATO administration

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TG contributed to the clinical data analysis and writing the manuscript. NN contributed to the interpretation of the results and writing the manuscript. TS and HN contributed to the patient care, the clinical data analysis and critically reviewed the manuscript. RS, YK, YI, TM, NK and MS contributed to the clinical data analysis and critically reviewed the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Goto, T., Nakamura, N., Suzaki, T. et al. A case of acute promyelocytic leukemia with pericardial effusion successfully managed with colchicine during ATO administration. Ann Hematol 103, 1409–1410 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-024-05660-9

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