Recipient Selection for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Hillard M. Lazarus: Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Robert Peter Gale: Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Armand Keating: Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Andrea Bacigalupo: Affiliation:
Ospedale San Martino, Genoa
Reinhold Munker: Affiliation:
Louisiana State University, Shreveport
Kerry Atkinson: Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Syed Ali Abutalib: Affiliation:
Midwestern Regional Medical Center, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Chicago

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Information: Hematopoietic Cell Transplants
Concepts, Controversies and Future Directions
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316335727.005[Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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