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Pulmonary micro-embolism in a healthy donor following G-CSF administration for mobilization of hemopoietic progenitor cells

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    M Martino, E Massara, G Irrera, G Messina & G Console

  2. UO Radiologia, Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli’, Reggio Calabria, Italy

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Martino, M., Massara, E., Irrera, G. et al. Pulmonary micro-embolism in a healthy donor following G-CSF administration for mobilization of hemopoietic progenitor cells. Bone Marrow Transplant 47, 308–310 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2011.72

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