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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants RO1 CA61384 and U54HL081007 and the GCRC at Baylor College of Medicine (NIH-RR00188). S.G. is the recipient of a Doris Duke clinical scientist development award. H. E. H. is the recipient of a Doris Duke distinguished clinical scientist award.

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Gottschalk, S., Rooney, C.M., Heslop, H.E. (2008). EBV Lymphoproliferative Disease after Transplantation. In: Soiffer, R.J. (eds) Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Contemporary Hematology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-438-4_20

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