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Editorial
. 2023 Oct 10;7(19):5994-5995.
doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010372.

Blood stem cell grafts: frozen is fine, but fresh is best

Mitchell E Horwitz  1
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Editorial

Blood stem cell grafts: frozen is fine, but fresh is best

Mitchell E Horwitz. Blood Adv. .
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Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The author declares no competing financial interests.

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