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This study was partly supported by a Health, Labor, and Welfare Sciences Research Grant (20FF1002). There are no relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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SF, JK, and SM designed the study and wrote the manuscript. AH and AS conducted the statistical analysis. TF, ND, YK, NU, YO, YK, MT, KK, TA, MS, MO, YO, TK, TI, and YA provided the data for the analysis. All coauthors agreed to submit the manuscript.
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Fuji, S., Hakoda, A., Kanda, J. et al. Impact of HLA disparity on overall mortality risk in patients with extensive chronic GVHD: The HLA Working Group of Japanese Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Bone Marrow Transplant 58, 1257–1259 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-023-02076-3
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