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Outcomes and toxicity of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in chronic myeloid leukemia patients previously treated with second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a prospective non-interventional study from the Chronic Malignancy Working Party of the EBMT
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Osumi, T., Miharu, M., Tanaka, R. et al. Imatinib is effective for prevention and improvement of fibrotic fasciitis as a manifestation of chronic GVHD. Bone Marrow Transplant 47, 139–140 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2011.10
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