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Jacobse, J., Mensink, H., van der Stoep-Yap, M.Y.E.C. et al. Long-term aprepitant for nausea and vomiting associated with gastroparesis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 53, 1372–1374 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-018-0231-4
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