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Successful abdominal irradiation in two patients with therapy-resistant chylous ascites due to follicular lymphoma

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

    König Laila, Herfarth Klaus & Debus Jürgen

  2. Department of Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

    Anthony D. Ho & Witzens-Harig Mathias

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Dr. Ho reports grants from Sanofi Research Funding, outside the submitted work.

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Laila, K., Klaus, H., Ho, A.D. et al. Successful abdominal irradiation in two patients with therapy-resistant chylous ascites due to follicular lymphoma. Ann Hematol 95, 1563–1565 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-016-2724-9

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