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Letter to the Editor

Lymphocyte subsets, granulocyte–colony-stimulating factor responsiveness and post-stem cell transplantation infections: mucositis is the underestimated confounder?

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Pages 381-383 | Received 21 Oct 2011, Accepted 08 Dec 2011, Published online: 16 Jan 2012

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