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Cornell, R., Palmer, J., Komorowski, R. et al. Surgical resection as definitive treatment for refractory GVHD of the colon. Bone Marrow Transplant 47, 1366–1367 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2012.15
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