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Palliative sedation therapy in a bone marrow transplant unit

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  1. Haematology Division, “Sant’ Eugenio” Hospital, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

    Pasquale Niscola, Luca Cupelli, Teresa Dentamaro, Laura Scaramucci, Agostina Siniscalchi, Michela Ales, Marco Giovannini, Alessio Perrotti & Paolo de Fabritiis

  2. Hematology Unit, S. Eugenio Hospital, Tor Vergata University, Piazzale dell’Umanesimo 10, 00144, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Tendas

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Tendas, A., Niscola, P., Cupelli, L. et al. Palliative sedation therapy in a bone marrow transplant unit. Support Care Cancer 17, 107–108 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-008-0525-y

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