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High anti-lymphoma activity of bendamustine/mitoxantrone/rituximab in rituximab pretreated relapsed or refractory indolent lymphomas and mantle cell lymphomas. A multicenter phase II study of the German Low Grade Lymphoma Study Group (GLSG)

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Pages 1299-1306 | Received 17 Jan 2007, Accepted 23 Mar 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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