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Clinical features of calcineurin inhibitor-induced pain syndrome after allo-SCT

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We are grateful to the patients who participated in this study. We thank the staff of the Hematology Division at Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, for their excellent patient care. This study was supported in part by a grant for clinical cancer research from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.

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Kakihana, K., Ohashi, K., Murata, Y. et al. Clinical features of calcineurin inhibitor-induced pain syndrome after allo-SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 47, 593–595 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2011.120

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