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Giebel, S., Dziaczkowska, J., Wysoczanska, B. et al. Lymphocyte reconstitution after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in a previously thymectomized patient—no evidence of extrathymic T-cell maturation. Bone Marrow Transplant 40, 705–706 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705794
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