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Letter to the Editor

Valproic acid monotherapy leads to CR in a patient with refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma

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Pages 1216-1218 | Received 06 Feb 2007, Accepted 15 Mar 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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