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Letter to the Editor

Rapid improvement of hypoxemia by the use of rituximab in patients with pulmonary intravascular lymphoma

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Pages 197-200 | Received 04 May 2006, Accepted 01 Jul 2006, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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