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Treatment of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia with the Combination of Fludarabine and Cyclophosphamide

Meletios A. Dimopoulos Department of Clinical Thereapeutics, University of Athents School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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George Hamilos Department of Clinical Thereapeutics, University of Athents School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Eleni Efstathiou Department of Clinical Thereapeutics, University of Athents School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Ioannis Siapkaras Department of Clinical Thereapeutics, University of Athents School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Charis Matsouka Department of Clinical Thereapeutics, University of Athents School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Dimitra Gika Department of Clinical Thereapeutics, University of Athents School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Vassiliki Grigoraki Department of Hematology, Genimatas General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Christos Papadimitriou Department of Clinical Thereapeutics, University of Athents School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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Dimitrios Mitsibounas Department of Hematology, Genimatas General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos Department of Hematology, Genimatas General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Pages 993-996 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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