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This study was supported by SwissBridge Foundation (Switzerland), and by the Brazilian public financial agencies Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
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Hassan, R., Stefanoff, C., Maradei, S. et al. EBV-associated post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder of the ‘loser’ graft cell origin following double unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 44, 193–195 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2008.445
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