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Post-transplant plasmacytoma without Epstein–Barr virus infection occurring rapidly after unrelated allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

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Kawakami, K., Miyanishi, S., Nakano, Y. et al. Post-transplant plasmacytoma without Epstein–Barr virus infection occurring rapidly after unrelated allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Int J Hematol 88, 606–609 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-008-0203-3

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