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Sustained remission and long-term survival of secondary central nervous system involvement by aggressive B-cell lymphoma after combination treatment of systemic high-dose chemotherapy and intrathecal rituximab

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Pages 2018-2021 | Received 04 May 2008, Accepted 29 Jun 2008, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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