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Original Article: Clinical

Characteristics of and risk factors for pneumonia in patients with hematological malignancies developing fever after autologous blood stem cell transplantation

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Pages 2367-2374 | Received 27 May 2007, Accepted 19 Sep 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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