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Yabe, M., Ishiguro, H., Yasuda, Y. et al. Fatal giant cell myocarditis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 41, 93–94 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705869

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