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Response to ibrutinib in a patient with IgG lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma carrying the MYD88 L265P gene mutation

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Pages 2699-2701 | Received 30 Dec 2015, Accepted 16 Feb 2016, Published online: 16 Mar 2016

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