Cytomegalovirus in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America - Tập 25 Số 1 - Trang 151-169 - 2011
Per Ljungman1, Morgan Hakki2, Michael Boeckh3,4
1Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
2Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
3University of Washington. Seattle, WA USA
4Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, Seattle, WA 98109–4417, USA

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