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Fatal cerebral zygomycosis breakthrough in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on voriconazole prophylaxis after cord blood SCT

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  1. I Vande Broek: IVB is a senior clinical investigator of the Research Foundation Flanders

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Broek, I., Schots, R. Fatal cerebral zygomycosis breakthrough in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on voriconazole prophylaxis after cord blood SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 44, 765–766 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2009.74

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