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Pol, R., Russell, N., Das-Gupta, E. et al. Incidence and management of hepatic severe veno-occlusive disease in 273 patients in a single centre with defibrotide. Bone Marrow Transplant 51, 1262–1264 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2016.99

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