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Research Article

Elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels detected during routine follow-up do not predict relapse in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who achieve complete remission after primary treatment with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone-like immunochemotherapy

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Pages 1949-1952 | Received 24 Nov 2011, Accepted 20 Mar 2012, Published online: 22 May 2012

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