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Fatal combined immune hemolytic anemia after double cord blood transplantation in imatinib-resistant CML

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  1. M Rokicka and J Styczynski: These authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    M Rokicka, T Torosian, A Tomaszewska, A Gronkowska & W Wiktor-Jedrzejczak

  2. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus Univeristy, Bydgoszcz, Poland

    J Styczynski, M Pogorzala & M Wysocki

  3. Department of Immunology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland

    B Michalewska & M Lakomy

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Rokicka, M., Styczynski, J., Michalewska, B. et al. Fatal combined immune hemolytic anemia after double cord blood transplantation in imatinib-resistant CML. Bone Marrow Transplant 44, 383–385 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2009.25

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