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Original Article: Clinical

Long-term molecular remissions in patients with indolent lymphoma treated with rituximab as a single agent or in combination with interferon alpha-2a: A randomized phase II study from the Nordic Lymphoma Group

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Pages 102-112 | Received 21 Jun 2007, Accepted 25 Sep 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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