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Severe graft failure presumably due to phenytoin-induced hypersensitivity syndrome in two patients after bone marrow transplantation

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    B Maecker, B Meissner, C Bettoni da Cunha-Riehm, M Sauer, K Welte & K-W Sykora

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Maecker, B., Meissner, B., Bettoni da Cunha-Riehm, C. et al. Severe graft failure presumably due to phenytoin-induced hypersensitivity syndrome in two patients after bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 41, 833–835 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705985

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