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Letter to the Editor

Absolute lymphocyte count is unrelated to overall survival in newly diagnosed elderly patients with multiple myeloma treated with immunomodulatory drugs

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Pages 1507-1509 | Received 21 May 2014, Accepted 09 Aug 2014, Published online: 07 Oct 2014

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