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Letter to the Editor

Influence of rituximab plus bendamustine chemotherapy on the immune system in patients with refractory or relapsed follicular lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma

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Pages 1123-1125 | Received 13 Jan 2014, Accepted 29 Apr 2014, Published online: 15 Jul 2014

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