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The VR-DCEP regimen rescues mobilization failures and controls refractory disease in multiple myeloma

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Krem, M.M., Reynolds, S.B., Hashmi, H. et al. The VR-DCEP regimen rescues mobilization failures and controls refractory disease in multiple myeloma. Bone Marrow Transplant 55, 1451–1453 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-019-0735-6

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