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Primary treatment of hairy cell leukemia: Should IFN-therapy replace splenectomy?

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Porzsolt, F. Primary treatment of hairy cell leukemia: Should IFN-therapy replace splenectomy?. Blut 52, 265–272 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00320789

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