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Original Articles: Clinical

Treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma with everolimus (RAD001) and alemtuzumab: a Phase I/II study

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Pages 1585-1591 | Received 02 Sep 2015, Accepted 20 Oct 2015, Published online: 24 Dec 2015

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