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Long-term remission in pediatric Wegener granulomatosis following allo-SCT after reduced-intensity conditioning

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We thank Professor Gerhard Fritsch, Professor Winfried Pickl and Professor Gerhard Zlabinger for providing data about immunoreconstitution.

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  1. St Anna Children's Hospital, SCT-Unit, Vienna, Austria

    A Lawitschka, C Peters, M G Seidel, A Havranek, T Fazekas, E D Gueclue, H Gadner & S Matthes-Martin

  2. Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria

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Lawitschka, A., Peters, C., Seidel, M. et al. Long-term remission in pediatric Wegener granulomatosis following allo-SCT after reduced-intensity conditioning. Bone Marrow Transplant 46, 462–463 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2010.126

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