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Adoptive transfer of vitiligo after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant

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    A Campbell-Fontaine, J E Coad, R Kovach & S G Ericson

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Campbell-Fontaine, A., Coad, J., Kovach, R. et al. Adoptive transfer of vitiligo after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant. Bone Marrow Transplant 36, 745–746 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705137

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