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The authors thank all personnel from the Bone Marrow Transplantation Department of Erciyes University and we also thank members of the GEN-KOK Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility for their technical support.
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Cetin, M., Akyol, G., Gonen, Z. et al. Additional infusions of mesenchymal stem cells improve response rate in multidrug-resistant GvHD patients. Bone Marrow Transplant 52, 783–785 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2017.1
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