Surgery Journal

Year: 2009
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Page No. 35 - 37

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Presenting with Severe Epistaxis: A Report of 2 Cases

Authors : Anelechi B. Chukuezi and Jones N. Nwosu

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