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Sustained neurological improvement following reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for late-onset Krabbe disease

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Lim, Z., Ho, A., Abrahams, S. et al. Sustained neurological improvement following reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for late-onset Krabbe disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 41, 831–832 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705984

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