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Kawaguchi, T., Tsukamoto, S., Ohwada, C. et al. Successful treatment with rituximab and donor lymphocyte infusions for fulminant EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disorder that developed 14 years after unrelated BMT. Bone Marrow Transplant 46, 1583–1585 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2010.346
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