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Should we evaluate intestinal microbiota of pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation?

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We would like to thank the Fundo de Investimento a Pesquisa (FIPE / HCPA) for funding this study.

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  1. Programa de Pós Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Iuri Vicente Camargo Morkis & Liane Esteves Daudt

  2. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Bruna de Mello Vicente, Muriel Habigzang, Priscila de Oliveira da Silva, Fernanda Scherer, Alessandra Paz, Mariana Bohns Michalowski & Liane Esteves Daudt

  3. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Bruna de Mello Vicente, Muriel Habigzang, Mariana Bohns Michalowski & Liane Esteves Daudt

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Morkis, I.V.C., Vicente, B.d.M., Habigzang, M. et al. Should we evaluate intestinal microbiota of pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation?. Bone Marrow Transplant 55, 1506–1508 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-019-0727-6

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