Seminars in Hematology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 133-142 , April 2010

Rituximab in Indolent Lymphomas

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 J.F. is a Scholar in Clinical Research of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and is supported in part by the University of Rochester SPORE in Lymphoma (1P50CA130805).

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2010.01.003

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 133-142 , April 2010

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