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Cardiac tamponade potentially related to sirolimus following cord blood transplantation

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    A Holbro, I Ahmad, L Busque, S Cohen, S Lachance, D C Roy, J Roy, G Sauvageau & T Kiss

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Holbro, A., Ahmad, I., Busque, L. et al. Cardiac tamponade potentially related to sirolimus following cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 47, 294–295 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2011.44

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