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Gatwood, K.S., Culos, K.A., Binari, L.A. et al. Outcomes of a novel rituximab-based non-myeloablative conditioning regimen for hematopoietic cell transplantation in severe aplastic anemia. Bone Marrow Transplant 53, 795–799 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-018-0124-6
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