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Letter to the Editor

A home-care, early discharge model after autografting in multiple myeloma: results of a three-arm prospective, non-randomized study

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Pages 801-804 | Received 24 Feb 2014, Accepted 02 Jun 2014, Published online: 17 Jul 2014

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