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Rituximab with chemotherapy improves survival of non-germinal center type untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

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Saito, B., Shiozawa, E., Usui, T. et al. Rituximab with chemotherapy improves survival of non-germinal center type untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leukemia 21, 2563–2566 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404844

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