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Yesilipek, M., Karasu, G., Erçelen, N. et al. Successful hematopoietic SCT from non-identical twins to two sisters with β-thalassemia major by using preimplantation genetic diagnosis and HLA typing. Bone Marrow Transplant 46, 1581–1582 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2010.344
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