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Original Article: Clinical

Multicenter study of subcutaneous alemtuzumab administered at reduced dose in patients with fludarabine-relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia: final analysis

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Pages 1936-1941 | Received 27 Feb 2011, Accepted 26 Apr 2011, Published online: 30 Jun 2011

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