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Original Article: Clinical

Early fluctuations in busulfan levels with therapeutic dose monitoring during allogeneic stem cell transplantation: do they matter?

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Pages 2034-2041 | Received 17 Jun 2018, Accepted 05 Dec 2018, Published online: 10 Jan 2019

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