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If the gut works, use it! But does the gut work in gastrointestinal GvHD?

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van der Meij, B., Wierdsma, N., Janssen, J. et al. If the gut works, use it! But does the gut work in gastrointestinal GvHD?. Bone Marrow Transplant 52, 466–469 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2016.297

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