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  1. Department of Neurology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey

    Rumeysa Unkun, Sakir Delil & Cigdem Ozkara

  2. Department of Neurology, Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşcıoğlu City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Esra Kochan Kizilkilic

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey

    Rahsan Kemerdere

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Unkun, R., Kizilkilic, E.K., Delil, S. et al. Levetiracetam-associated pancytopenia. Acta Neurol Belg 123, 1625–1626 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-022-02138-1

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