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Author’s response to ‘procalcitonin in febrile neutropenia—timing is important’

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Cancer Emergency Room, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea

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Ahn, S. Author’s response to ‘procalcitonin in febrile neutropenia—timing is important’. Support Care Cancer 22, 585–586 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-2109-8

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