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Hodgkin's Type of Richter's Syndrome in Familial Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated with Cladribine and Cyclophosphamide

Tadeusz Robak Department of Hematology, Medical University of Łódź, Pabianicka 62, 93-513 Łódź, Poland
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Anna Szmigielska-Kapłon Department of Hematology, Medical University of Łódź, Pabianicka 62, 93-513 Łódź, Poland
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Piotr Smolewski Department of Hematology, Medical University of Łódź, Pabianicka 62, 93-513 Łódź, Poland
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Ewa Wawrzyniak Department of Hematology, Medical University of Łódź, Pabianicka 62, 93-513 Łódź, Poland
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Anna Korycka Department of Hematology, Medical University of Łódź, Pabianicka 62, 93-513 Łódź, Poland
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Jacek Bartkowiak Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Łódź, Mazowiecka 6/8, 92-215 Łódź, Poland
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Radzisław Kordek Department of Oncology, Medical University of Łódź, Pabianicka 62, 93-513 Łódź, Poland
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Pages 859-866 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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