Thalidomide for chronic GVHD
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International Chronic Ocular Graft-vs-Host-Disease (GVHD) Consensus Group: Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic GVHD
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bone Marrow Transplantation
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0268-3369,1476-5365
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701467