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Pegylated interferon plus rituximab in advanced stage, indolent lymphoma: is there CD20 antigen upregulation?

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Pages 1260-1264 | Received 26 Sep 2005, Accepted 21 Nov 2005, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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