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Effective treatment of pleural effusion in chronic lymphocytic leukemia with acalabrutinib: a case report

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We express our profound gratitude to all the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals at Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital for providing dedicated patient care.

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  1. Department of Hematology, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, 1-1 Mitsuzawa Nishimachi, Kanagawa-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 221-0855, Japan

    Shuhei Kurosawa, Takako Yokota, Yusuke Takada, So Okubo, Moe Masuda, Hitomi Nakayama, Aki Sakurai, Chisako Ito, Yoshinobu Aisa & Tomonori Nakazato

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Shuhei Kurosawa drafted the manuscript. Takako Yokota, Yusuke Takada, So Okubo, Moe Masuda, Hitomi Nakayama, Aki Sakurai, Chisako Ito, Yoshinobu Aisa, and Tomonori Nakazato provided patient care and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Kurosawa, S., Yokota, T., Takada, Y. et al. Effective treatment of pleural effusion in chronic lymphocytic leukemia with acalabrutinib: a case report. Ann Hematol 103, 1779–1781 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-024-05721-z

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