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Letters to the Editor

Low-dose splenic irradiation prior to hematopoietic cell transplantation in hypersplenic patients with myelofibrosis

Noah S. KalmanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1299-3014
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Nitai D. MukhopadhyayDepartment of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA;
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Catherine H. RobertsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Harold M. ChungDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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William B. ClarkDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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John M. McCartyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Amir A. ToorDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Shiyu SongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 2983-2984 | Received 18 Dec 2016, Accepted 17 Apr 2017, Published online: 31 May 2017

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