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Pilot study of rituximab plus donor-lymphocyte infusion to prevent or treat relapse in B-cell lymphoma after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

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Pages 146-148 | Received 30 May 2009, Accepted 19 Aug 2009, Published online: 30 Sep 2009

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