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Achievement of complete remission of refractory hairy cell leukemia by rituximab progressing after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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  1. Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Junichi Kiyasu, Motoaki Shiratsuchi, Rie Ohtsuka, Eriko Sada, Kensaku Idutsu, Eriko Nagasawa, Ryoichi Takayanagi & Yasunobu Abe

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Kiyasu, J., Shiratsuchi, M., Ohtsuka, R. et al. Achievement of complete remission of refractory hairy cell leukemia by rituximab progressing after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Int J Hematol 89, 403–405 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-009-0297-2

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