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This study was supported by The Danish Cancer Society (R228-A13611).
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KM and HG conceived and designed the study. LLFH, KK, SW, SR, NG and MI collected the patient samples and clinical data. HJM and HG measured the plasma levels of macrophage activation markers. LLFH, KK and KM analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript. All authors revised the manuscript.
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Hergel, L.L.F., Kielsen, K., Weischendorff, S. et al. The macrophage activation marker sCD163 in acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease after pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-023-01927-3
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