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Progression of a CD4+/CD56+ blastic plasmacytoid DC neoplasm after initiation of extracorporeal photopheresis in an allogeneic transplant recipient

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Dohm, A., Hasenkamp, J., Bertsch, H. et al. Progression of a CD4+/CD56+ blastic plasmacytoid DC neoplasm after initiation of extracorporeal photopheresis in an allogeneic transplant recipient. Bone Marrow Transplant 46, 899–900 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2010.196

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