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Donor-specific HLA antibodies associate with chronic graft-versus-host disease in haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide

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Fig. 1: Cumulative incidence of chronic graft vs. host disease over 1 year post-transplant is significantly higher in patients with DSA.

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MC, MT, KG, and MAL designed the study, collected and interpreted data, wrote paper. DY helped designing the study and perform statistical analysis. SA, GS, HA, NK reviewed and approved paper.

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Carter, M., Taniguchi, M., Yang, D. et al. Donor-specific HLA antibodies associate with chronic graft-versus-host disease in haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide. Bone Marrow Transplant 57, 134–136 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-021-01494-5

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