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Accelerated leukemic transformation after haplo-identical transplantation for hydroxyurea-treated sickle cell disease

Murali JanakiramDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9323-8007
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Amit VermaDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA;
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Yanhua WangDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA;
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Anjali BudhathokiDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA;
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Jaime Suarez LondonoDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA;
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Irina MurakhovskayaDivision of Hematology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Ira BraunschweigDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA;
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Caterina P. MinnitiDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; ;Division of Hematology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 241-244 | Received 23 Jan 2017, Accepted 22 Apr 2017, Published online: 07 Jun 2017

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