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Severe pruritus and hypothermia as the primary manifestations of Human Herpes Virus-6 encephalitis after pediatric cord blood transplantation

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Hudspeth, M., Brown, E., Ragucci, D. et al. Severe pruritus and hypothermia as the primary manifestations of Human Herpes Virus-6 encephalitis after pediatric cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 47, 153–154 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2011.25

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