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Early therapeutic response assessment by 18FDG-positron emission tomography during chemotherapy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Isolated residual positivity involving bone is not usually a predictor of subsequent treatment failure

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Pages 596-600 | Received 09 May 2006, Accepted 30 Oct 2006, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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