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The ALDOSS/WESIENBURGERr/FU ET AL ARTICLE REVIEWED
Adult Burkitt Lymphoma: Too Soon to Declare Victory
By BRUCE D. CHESON, MD
Head of Hematology Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC | November 30, 2008 Financial Disclosure: The author has no significant financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturers of any products or providers of any service mentioned in this artic
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