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Editorial
. 2012 Oct;10(4):407-10.
doi: 10.2450/2012.0042-12. Epub 2012 Jul 12.

We have a specific duty to maximise the safety of related donors

Pasquale Iacopino, Attilio Guarini
Editorial

We have a specific duty to maximise the safety of related donors

Pasquale Iacopino et al. Blood Transfus. 2012 Oct.
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Related-donor assessment criteria used at four centres not following IBMDR standards to evaluate 368 candidates. From Coluccia et al.
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Donor and recipient age observed up to 2010 at the Stem Cell Transplant Centre in Reggio Calabria.
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