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Fludarabine-Based Conditioning Used in Successful Bone Marrow Transplantation from an Unrelated Donor in a Heavily Transfused Patient with Severe Aplastic Anemia

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  1. Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yasunobu Abe, Takamitsu Matsushima, Yoshimichi Tachikawa, Eriko Nagasawa, Hajime Nawata & Koichiro Muta

  2. Division of Clinical Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Beppu, Japan

    Junji Nishimura

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Abe, Y., Matsushima, T., Tachikawa, Y. et al. Fludarabine-Based Conditioning Used in Successful Bone Marrow Transplantation from an Unrelated Donor in a Heavily Transfused Patient with Severe Aplastic Anemia. Int J Hematol 81, 81–82 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1532/IJH97.04134

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