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Minimal antileukaemic treatment followed by reduced-intensity conditioning in three consecutive children with Fanconi anaemia and AML

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This work was in part supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the BMBF (SFB 738, TPA3 and IFB-TX, CBT_6, both to MGS). MC is supported by the Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung (A 2013/14 DKS 2013.16 Fanconi-Anämie-Register).

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Beier, R., Maecker-Kolhoff, B., Sykora, KW. et al. Minimal antileukaemic treatment followed by reduced-intensity conditioning in three consecutive children with Fanconi anaemia and AML. Bone Marrow Transplant 50, 463–464 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2014.283

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