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Central nervous system complications caused by 3-4 grade aGVHD in adult patients occurred in HLA-mismatched recipients majorly after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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This study was supported by Grant No. 81470346 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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Ke, P., Bao, X., Qiu, H. et al. Central nervous system complications caused by 3-4 grade aGVHD in adult patients occurred in HLA-mismatched recipients majorly after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 54, 1155–1157 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-019-0443-2

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