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Oral ribavirin therapy for lower respiratory tract infection of respiratory syncytial virus complicating bronchiolitis obliterans after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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  1. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Takehiko Mori, Yukinori Nakamura, Jun Kato, Akiko Yamane, Yoshinobu Aisa & Shinichiro Okamoto

  2. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

    Yukinori Nakamura

  3. Department of General Internal Medicine, Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Kei Takeshita

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Mori, T., Nakamura, Y., Kato, J. et al. Oral ribavirin therapy for lower respiratory tract infection of respiratory syncytial virus complicating bronchiolitis obliterans after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Int J Hematol 93, 132–134 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-010-0756-9

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