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INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Original Article

Association between drug tolerability and medical resource use in prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant

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Pages 1061-1070 | Accepted 23 May 2013, Published online: 17 Jun 2013

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