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Letter to the Editor

Durable remission after the administration of rituximab for EBV-negative, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma following autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

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Pages 418-420 | Received 25 Aug 2006, Accepted 11 Oct 2006, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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