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Tomonari, A., Takahashi, S., Ooi, J. et al. Human herpesvirus 6 variant A infection with fever, skin rash, and liver dysfunction in a patient after unrelated cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 36, 1109–1110 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705184
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