@incollection{,
	
					
					
					99600F31531BB72C807ECF842546EC5A
				,
	author={{ImtiazBahemia} and {AdelinMuganza} and {RachelMoore} and {MoosaPatel} and {Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand}},
	journal={{Global Journal of Medical Research}},
	journal={{GJMR}}2249-46180975-588810.34257/GJMR,
	address={Cambridge, United States},
	publisher={Global Journals Organisation}1512129
}

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			A
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	title={{Thrombocytopenia in the intensive care unit}}
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	author={{
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}