Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 538-545 , May 2008

Similar and Promising Outcomes in Lymphoma Patients Treated with Myeloablative or Nonmyeloablative Conditioning and Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Received 9 January 2008 ,Accepted 19 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.02.014

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 538-545 , May 2008

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