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We are grateful to the study participants, the physical therapists in the rehabilitation department and the physicians in Hematology and Rehabilitation Medicine at Imamura Bun-in Hospital.
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Takekiyo, T., Dozono, K., Nara, S. et al. Gender differences in physical function and muscle mass change in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 52, 1460–1462 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2017.156
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