Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 67-77 , March 2008

Hematopoietic cell transplantation for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): When, how and for whom?

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doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2007.11.005

Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 67-77 , March 2008

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