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Treatment and outcome of second-line therapy for POEMS syndrome after autologous stem cell transplantation

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Fig. 1: Kaplan-Meier survival curves.

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This work was supported by institutional research funding provided by the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (Grant No. 2021-1-I2M-019, for LJ) and the National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding (2022-PUMCH-C-051, for LJ).

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A-aL and Y-yY designed the study, collected and analyzed the data, and drafted and revised the manuscript; X-mG and HZ collected data; X-xC, LZ, and D-bZ recruited patients and collected data; and JL designed the study, recruited patients, and drafted and revised the text.

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Li, Aa., Yu, Yy., Gao, Xm. et al. Treatment and outcome of second-line therapy for POEMS syndrome after autologous stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 58, 1167–1169 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-023-02047-8

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