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Full-body physical therapy evaluation for pre- and post-hematopoietic cell transplant patients and the need for a modified rehabilitation musculoskeletal specific grading system for chronic graft-versus-host disease

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J.M., A.A., and S.K.H. wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed substantially to the conception, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data for the work.

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Mohammed, J., AlGhamdi, A. & Hashmi, S.K. Full-body physical therapy evaluation for pre- and post-hematopoietic cell transplant patients and the need for a modified rehabilitation musculoskeletal specific grading system for chronic graft-versus-host disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 53, 625–627 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-017-0075-3

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