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Lymphocyte reconstitution after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in a previously thymectomized patient—no evidence of extrathymic T-cell maturation

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  1. Departments of Haematology and BMT, Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland

    S Giebel, J Dziaczkowska, J Wojnar, M Krawczyk-Kulis & J Holowiecki

  2. Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

    B Wysoczanska & A Lange

  3. Lower Silesian Center for Cellular Transplantation, Wroclaw, Poland

    A Lange

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Giebel, S., Dziaczkowska, J., Wysoczanska, B. et al. Lymphocyte reconstitution after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in a previously thymectomized patient—no evidence of extrathymic T-cell maturation. Bone Marrow Transplant 40, 705–706 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705794

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