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Original Article

Outcome of Elderly Patients with Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Refractory to or Relapsing after First-line CHOP or CHOP-like Chemotherapy: A Low Probability of Cure

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Pages 1391-1394 | Received 26 Nov 2003, Published online: 03 Aug 2009

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