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Letters to the Editor

Successful brentuximab vedotin and nivolumab therapy of multiply refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with Hodgkin features

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Pages 3241-3244 | Received 07 Apr 2022, Accepted 08 Aug 2022, Published online: 18 Sep 2022

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