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Brauer, D., Rapoport, A., Yanovich, S. et al. Splenectomy as a measure to treat prolonged post-transplant cytopenia associated with hypersplenism. Bone Marrow Transplant 49, 717–719 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2013.238
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