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Low-Dose Antithymocyte Globulin for Treatment of Steroid-Pulse-Resistant Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease

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  1. FACP, Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, 113-8677, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazuteru Ohashi, Yuji Tanaka, Shin-ichiro Mori, Hideki Akiyama & Hisashi Sakamaki

  2. Blood Transfusion Service, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshiki Okuyama & Kiyoshi Hiruma

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Ohashi, K., Tanaka, Y., Mori, Si. et al. Low-Dose Antithymocyte Globulin for Treatment of Steroid-Pulse-Resistant Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease. Int J Hematol 77, 99–102 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02982612

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