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See paper by Sirdah MM et al. on pages 132-8. *Corresponding author at: Islamic University of Gaza, Jamal Abdel Naser Street, P.O. Box 108 Gaza, Palestine. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. E. Shubair). 1516-8484/$ see front matter © 2014 Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.2...

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