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Small intestinal CMV disease detected by capsule endoscopy after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT

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Kakugawa, Y., Kim, SW., Takizawa, K. et al. Small intestinal CMV disease detected by capsule endoscopy after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 42, 283–284 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2008.154

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