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We thank the transplantation team at the participating institutions for their contributions. This study was funded in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26860346 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
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HK received research funding from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Zenyaku Kogyo Co. Ltd., FUJIFILM Corporation, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co. Ltd. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Yokohata, E., Kuwatsuka, Y., Ohashi, H. et al. Impact of T-cell chimerism on relapse after cord blood transplantation for hematological malignancies: Nagoya Blood and Marrow Transplantation Group study. Bone Marrow Transplant 52, 612–614 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2016.323
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