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Long-term treatment with rituximab is feasible in selected patients with B-CLL: Response-adjusted low-dose maintenance treatment with rituximab in patients with relapsed B-CLL, who achieved a partial or minimal response to prior rituximab therapy

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Pages 905-911 | Received 27 Aug 2006, Accepted 13 Jan 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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