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Letter to the Editor

Extensive organizing pneumonia during chemo-immunotherapy containing rituximab and G-CSF in a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Case report and review of the literature

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Pages 1683-1685 | Received 16 Sep 2005, Accepted 25 Jan 2006, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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