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Letter

High serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor-C have a positive impact on outcome of patients with advanced diffuse large B cell lymphoma

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Pages 1413-1416 | Received 09 May 2013, Accepted 14 Aug 2013, Published online: 09 Oct 2013

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