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Impact of discontinuing fluoroquinolone prophylaxis on early mortality after allogeneic marrow or peripheral blood SCT with myeloablative conditioning

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Kanda, J., Ichinohe, T., Saito, T. et al. Impact of discontinuing fluoroquinolone prophylaxis on early mortality after allogeneic marrow or peripheral blood SCT with myeloablative conditioning. Bone Marrow Transplant 45, 1369–1371 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2009.344

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