Anti-thymocyte globulin for GVHD: one dose does not fit all
Rick Admiraal1, Jaap J Boelens2
1Paediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, 3720 AC Bilthoven, Netherlands.
The Lancet. Haematology
|June 27, 2020
Abstract
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