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We gratefully acknowledge the numerous colleagues in the Amyloidosis Center, Cancer Clinical Trials Office, and Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Boston Medical Center who assisted with the multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment of the patients with AL amyloidosis.
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Nguyen, V.P., Brauneis, D., Kaku, M. et al. Neuralgic amyotrophy following high-dose melphalan and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for AL amyloidosis. Bone Marrow Transplant 53, 371–373 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-017-0048-6
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