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Letters to the Editor

Delayed human herpes virus 6 encephalitis in a patient with allogeneic stem cell transplant

Jacqueline O’TooleDepartment of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Steven AdesDepartment of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Brenda L WatersDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Zubin AgarwalDepartment of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Gurpreet LambaDepartment of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 2709-2710 | Received 25 Jul 2014, Accepted 21 Dec 2014, Published online: 11 Feb 2015

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