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Purtill, D., Cirillo, M., Fogarty, J. et al. Early cessation of a randomised study in acute graft versus host disease: upfront mesenchymal stromal cells with corticosteroids versus corticosteroids alone. Bone Marrow Transplant 55, 2199–2201 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-020-0955-9
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