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Original Article

Early treatment of high risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia with alemtuzumab, rituximab and poly-(1-6)-beta-glucotriosyl-(1-3)- beta-glucopyranose beta-glucan is well tolerated and achieves high complete remission rates

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Pages 2373-2378 | Received 15 Nov 2014, Accepted 03 Feb 2015, Published online: 17 Mar 2015

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