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Letters to the Editor

Rapid onset of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with ibrutinib

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Pages 1258-1261 | Received 09 Aug 2016, Accepted 26 Sep 2016, Published online: 17 Oct 2016

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