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Rhizopus presenting as an endobronchial obstruction following bone marrow transplant

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This work was funded in part by National Institutes of Health Grants HL55166.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA

    L Maddox & RJ Folz

  2. Duke University Adult Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA

    GD Long & JJ Vredenburgh

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Maddox, L., Long, G., Vredenburgh, J. et al. Rhizopus presenting as an endobronchial obstruction following bone marrow transplant. Bone Marrow Transplant 28, 634–636 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703191

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