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Salvage therapy with dose-escalating ruxolitinib as a bridge to allogeneic stem cell transplantation for refractory hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

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Zhao, Y., Shi, J., Li, X. et al. Salvage therapy with dose-escalating ruxolitinib as a bridge to allogeneic stem cell transplantation for refractory hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Bone Marrow Transplant 55, 824–826 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-019-0577-2

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