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Brief report

Cost-effectiveness of primary antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole versus itraconazole in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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Pages 736-743 | Accepted 26 Mar 2013, Published online: 12 Apr 2013

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