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Successful engraftment following HLA-mismatched cord blood transplantation for patients with anti-HLA Abs

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Kataoka, K., Yamamoto, G., Nannya, Y. et al. Successful engraftment following HLA-mismatched cord blood transplantation for patients with anti-HLA Abs. Bone Marrow Transplant 42, 129–130 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2008.83

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