Hira Chaudhary, Srinath Ramaswamy, Yusra Qaiser, Unaiza Zaman, Regina Miller and Samy I. McFarlane. Lemierre’s Syndrome with Severe Thrombocytopenia without Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: A Case Report and Literature Review.
. 2021; 9(3):158-162. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-9-3-7
Lemierre’s syndrome, thrombocytopenia, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
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