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Macrophage elimination in bone marrow by dexamethasone palmitate is associated with successful engraftment in patients with hemophagocytic syndrome

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We thank the staff of the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation team at Okayama University Hospital.

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HS managed the clinical practice and wrote the paper. KM supervised the clinical practice and edited the paper. MM, SI, TI, TK, TA, and SY advised and edited the paper. HN, KF, NF, and YM supervised clinical practice.

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Correspondence to Ken-ichi Matsuoka.

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Sugiura, H., Matsuoka, Ki., Matsuda, M. et al. Macrophage elimination in bone marrow by dexamethasone palmitate is associated with successful engraftment in patients with hemophagocytic syndrome. Int J Hematol 110, 260–262 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-019-02659-1

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