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Acupuncture for reduction of symptom burden in multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a randomized sham-controlled trial. Respond to author

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  1. Kai Zhang and Chao Gao contributed equally to this work and are co-first authors.

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  1. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin Gong An Hospital, Tianjin, China

    Kai Zhang

  2. Tianjin Institute of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China

    Chao Gao

  3. Graduate College, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

    Qilin Tang

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Zhang K and Gao C wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Tang QL supervised the work. Zhang K, Tang QL, and Gao C revised the final manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhang, K., Gao, C. & Tang, Q. Acupuncture for reduction of symptom burden in multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a randomized sham-controlled trial. Respond to author. Support Care Cancer 27, 3171–3172 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04732-1

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