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BEAM-conditioned autologous SCT improves the quality of response in Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma: a single centre’s 10-year experience

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Marzolini, M., Thomson, K., Dorman, J. et al. BEAM-conditioned autologous SCT improves the quality of response in Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma: a single centre’s 10-year experience. Bone Marrow Transplant 49, 1231–1232 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2014.113

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