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Konuma, T., Kato, S., Oiwa-Monna, M. et al. Pretransplant hyperferritinemia has no effect on the outcome of myeloablative cord blood transplantation for acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Ann Hematol 93, 1071–1072 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1932-9
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