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This work was supported in part by the UMN Cytokine Reference Laboratory (AP-M), and the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota (SGH). We thank Michael Ehrhardt for expert technical assistance.
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Holtan, S., Panoskaltsis-Mortari, A. Urinary-derived human chorionic gonadotropin to induce tolerance and promote healing in steroid-refractory GvHD. Bone Marrow Transplant 51, 142–143 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2015.220
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