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Immune-mediated red cell aplasia after anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., TW055, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Ilyssa O. Gordon, Jerome Dickstein & Thomas F. Gajewski

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC2115, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Takisha Wade & Thomas F. Gajewski

  3. Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT, USA

    Kevin Chin

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Gordon, I.O., Wade, T., Chin, K. et al. Immune-mediated red cell aplasia after anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma. Cancer Immunol Immunother 58, 1351–1353 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-008-0627-x

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