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Vaisvilas, M., Buseckaite, S., Mickeviciute, O. et al. High-dose methylprednisolone for the treatment of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome in adults. Bone Marrow Transplant 53, 923–925 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-018-0087-7
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