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PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND REGENERATIVE SURGERY

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Dear Editor,
We read with interest the paper by Schiavoni et al.1 on their experience of the use of dabigatran and rivaroxaban, recently published in this Journal. Notably, after a 1-year follow up of 178 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, the authors observed a 3-fold increase in the incidence of non-haemorrhagic complications in the dabigatran group. With this background, we would like to report on acute agranulocytosis after oral administration of dabigatran. [ ... ]

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Ahmad Al-Khaffaf - Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, "Carlo Poma" Hospital, Mantua, Italy

Francesco Frattini - Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, "Carlo Poma" Hospital, Mantua, Italy

Cinzia Sissa - Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, "Carlo Poma" Hospital, Mantua, Italy

Elda Mimiola - Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, "Carlo Poma" Hospital, Mantua, Italy

Massimo Franchini - Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, "Carlo Poma" Hospital, Mantua, Italy

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