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Naithani, R., Mahapatra, M., Kumar, R. et al. Arsenic trioxide induced acute flare-up of rheumatoid arthritis in a patient with APL. Ann Hematol 86, 151–152 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-006-0208-z
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