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Cornelison, A., Saliba, R., Afrough, A. et al. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in light chain amyloidosis (AL) with renal involvement. Bone Marrow Transplant 51, 307–309 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2015.242
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