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Antar, A., Otrock, Z., Kharfan-Dabaja, M. et al. Azacitidine in the treatment of extramedullary relapse of AML after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 48, 994–995 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2012.256
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