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Letter

Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with relapsed multiple myeloma receiving high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplant

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Pages 2967-2969 | Received 19 Nov 2013, Accepted 30 Mar 2014, Published online: 16 Jun 2014

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