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A Case of Interstitial Pneumonia Induced by Rituximab Therapy

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  1. Department of Hematology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, 466-8550, Nagoya, Japan

    Junji Hiraga, Tomohiro Kinoshita & Tomoki Naoe

  2. Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Tosei General Hospital, Seto, Japan

    Yasuhiro Kondoh & Hiroyuki Taniguchi

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Hiraga, J., Kondoh, Y., Taniguchi, H. et al. A Case of Interstitial Pneumonia Induced by Rituximab Therapy. Int J Hematol 81, 169–170 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1532/IJH97.04163

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