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Leukemia & Lymphoma Volume 51, 2010 - Issue 5
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Fulminant sepsis caused by Bacillus cereus in patients with hematologic malignancies: analysis of its prognosis and risk factors

Daichi InoueDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Yuya NagaiDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Minako MoriDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Seiji NaganoDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Yoko TakiuchiDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Hiroshi ArimaDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Takaharu KimuraDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
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Sonoko ShimojiDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Katsuhiro TogamiDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
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Sumie TabataDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Soshi YanagitaDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
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Akiko MatsushitaDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Kenichi NagaiDepartments of Hematology and Clinical Immunology
,
Yukihiro ImaiDepartments of Clinical Pathology
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Hiroshi TakegawaDepartments of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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Takayuki TakahashiDepartments of Hematology and Clinical ImmunologyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 860-869 | Received 05 Dec 2009, Accepted 18 Feb 2010, Published online: 06 Apr 2010

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