Reduced intensity conditioning before allografting: moderate enthusiasm may be more appropriate
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Reduced intensity conditioning before allografting: moderate enthusiasm may be more appropriate.
Since the first clinical series of allogeneic bone marrow transplants were reported, the procedure has been associated with a considerable amount of pulmonary complications, among many other problems. Over the last three decades, huge efforts have been devoted to the avoidance and the effective treatment of these complications. In the past, numerous patients did not undergo transplantation, eit...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00003004