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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection of the central venous catheter and lysis of an old thrombosis in a post-bone marrow transplantation child: Implications in the fibrinolytic process

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Pages 376-379 | Received 28 Jun 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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