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Letter

Encephalopathy: an unusual neurologic complication of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant in patients with multiple myeloma with renal failure

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Pages 894-896 | Received 31 May 2012, Accepted 12 Aug 2012, Published online: 06 Nov 2012

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