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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2017; 06(04): 150-168
DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_145_17
Letter to the Editor

Musculoskeletal chronic graft versus host disease – A rare complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A case report and review of its literature

Vasu Babu Goli
Department of Medical Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Reetu Jain
Department of Medical Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Ganapathi Bhat
Department of Medical Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Anjana Sainani
Department of Medical Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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S. H. Advani
Department of Medical Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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