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Original Articles: Clinical

Retreatment with rituximab in 178 patients with relapsed and refractory B-cell lymphomas: a single institution case control study

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Pages 399-405 | Received 23 Aug 2009, Accepted 21 Nov 2009, Published online: 28 Dec 2009

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