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Tolerability and efficacy of rituximab-containing immunochemotherapy in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma receiving hemodialysis

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Pages 1945-1948 | Received 02 Sep 2015, Accepted 24 Oct 2015, Published online: 21 Dec 2015

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