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Hagen, P.A., Adams, W., Smith, S. et al. Low mean post-transplantation tacrolimus levels in weeks 2–3 correlate with acute graft-versus-host disease in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from related and unrelated donors. Bone Marrow Transplant 54, 155–158 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-018-0267-5
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