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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Younger Adults: Preliminary Results of a Study Based on 454 Patients—IWCLL/Working Group

Gerassimos A. Pangalis Hellenic CLL Study Group, Italian Cooperative Group for CLL, Karolinska Institute Sweden, University of Rochester USA, Radcliffe Infirmary UK, Spanish Cooperative Group for CLL Study, Centre Henri Becquerel Rouen France, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Rennes France, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Caen France, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Poitiers France, Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem Israel, Rigshospitalet University Hospital Denmark.
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J. C. Reverter Hellenic CLL Study Group, Italian Cooperative Group for CLL, Karolinska Institute Sweden, University of Rochester USA, Radcliffe Infirmary UK, Spanish Cooperative Group for CLL Study, Centre Henri Becquerel Rouen France, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Rennes France, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Caen France, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Poitiers France, Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem Israel, Rigshospitalet University Hospital Denmark.
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Viki A. Boussiotis Hellenic CLL Study Group, Italian Cooperative Group for CLL, Karolinska Institute Sweden, University of Rochester USA, Radcliffe Infirmary UK, Spanish Cooperative Group for CLL Study, Centre Henri Becquerel Rouen France, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Rennes France, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Caen France, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Poitiers France, Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem Israel, Rigshospitalet University Hospital Denmark.
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Emilio Montserrat Hellenic CLL Study Group, Italian Cooperative Group for CLL, Karolinska Institute Sweden, University of Rochester USA, Radcliffe Infirmary UK, Spanish Cooperative Group for CLL Study, Centre Henri Becquerel Rouen France, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Rennes France, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Caen France, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Poitiers France, Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem Israel, Rigshospitalet University Hospital Denmark.
Pages 175-178 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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