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Sayan, M., Cassidy, R., Butker, E. et al. Gonadal shielding technique to preserve fertility in male pediatric patients treated with total body irradiation for stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 51, 997–998 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2016.25
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