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Pathological evidence of Wolman's disease following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation despite correction of lysosomal acid lipase activity

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  1. Division of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    M M Gramatges, K Weinberg & R Agarwal

  2. Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    C C Dvorak

  3. Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    D P Regula

  4. Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    G M Enns

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Gramatges, M., Dvorak, C., Regula, D. et al. Pathological evidence of Wolman's disease following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation despite correction of lysosomal acid lipase activity. Bone Marrow Transplant 44, 449–450 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2009.57

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