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Use of rituximab in combination with high-dose methotrexate in the treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma in a mycophenolate mofetil treated patient with lupus nephritis

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Pages 144-145 | Received 01 Jun 2010, Accepted 22 Jun 2010, Published online: 29 Jul 2010

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