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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 40, 2008 - Issue 8
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Development of varicella after allogeneic cord blood transplantation in a varicella zoster virus seropositive patient

Yoshinobu Aisa From the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine,
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Takehiko Mori From the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine,; Novartis Pharma Program for the Clinical Therapeutics of Hematologic Malignancies,Correspondence[email protected]
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Kyoko Yamamoto Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yujiro Takae Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Jun Kato From the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine,; Novartis Pharma Program for the Clinical Therapeutics of Hematologic Malignancies,
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Yasuo Ikeda From the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine,
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Shinichiro Okamoto From the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine,
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Pages 684-685 | Received 03 Jan 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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