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The datasets generated during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Development of the tool was supported by an unrestricted grant from the Regional Blood Transfusion Service SRC, Basel, Switzerland. The present study was supported by a grant from the “Fondazione per la ricerca sulla trasfusione e sui trapianti” and an unrestricted research grant from Novartis to GS. We thank the Transplant team of the University of Basel for their support in the organization and the patients for their participation in this workshop.
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GS and JH designed the project, wrote the protocol, and performed the statistical analysis. AW wrote the protocol, was responsible for the acquisition of ethics approval, organization of the workshop, collection, and interpretation of the data. SDK and MR helped to organize the workshop. AB, AH, JP, SS, and JH developed bleedHD. SS was responsible for programming bleedHD. AW wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors contributed to data interpretation and writing of the manuscript.
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Warthmann, A., Holbro, A., Buser, A. et al. BleedHD—a new electronic assessment tool for grading chronic graft-versus-host disease validated in a multicenter and multiprofessional setting. Bone Marrow Transplant 58, 613–615 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-023-01945-1
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