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Matà, S., Guidi, S., Nozzoli, C. et al. Human herpesvirus 6-associated limbic encephalitis in adult recipients of unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 42, 693–695 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2008.233
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