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De Assis, R., Kerbauy, F., Rodrigues, M. et al. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a rare late complication after cord blood hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 43, 667–668 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2008.379
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