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The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Statistical analysis was carried out at the statistics department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). The authors would like to thank Jesus Maroto, Silvia Tuset, and Mar Sanchez for their administrative support. We would also like to acknowledge the BST Cell Therapy Service technical team (Sonia Maroto, Maria Ruz, Yolanda Chacon, Sergio Arteaga, Marina Hortola and Camila Cardona) and the Cell Laboratory team (Javier Algar, Begoña Amill, Margarita Blanco, Ruth Forner, Daniel Navarro, Aroa Perez and Isabel Tarrago) for their work. Finally, we would like to thank all the physicians, nurses, and auxiliaries in the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation unit for their valuable contributions.
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JFS, JC, and SQ were responsible for the study design. JFS, JM, AE, MIB, ML, NGM, FVL, AG, CT, MS were involved in data collection. OV was involved in statistical analysis. JFS, JC, and SQ wrote the paper and all authors contributed to the revision of the paper.
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Fernandez-Sojo, J., Cid, J., Azqueta, C. et al. Post thawing viable CD34+ Cells dose is a better predictor of clinical outcome in lymphoma patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 57, 1341–1343 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-022-01722-6
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