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Rex, J., Anaissie, E., Boutati, E. et al. Systemic antifungal prophlaxis reduces invasive fungal in acute myelogenous leukemia: a retrospective review of 833 episodes of neutropenia in 322 adults. Leukemia 16, 1197–1199 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402495
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