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Peripheral blood lymphocyte/monocyte ratio following completion of first-line therapy predicts early relapse in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma: methodological issues to avoid misinterpretation

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Erfan Ayubi

  2. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Erfan Ayubi

  3. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

    Salman Khazaei

  4. Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran

    Saeid Safiri

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Ayubi, E., Khazaei, S. & Safiri, S. Peripheral blood lymphocyte/monocyte ratio following completion of first-line therapy predicts early relapse in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma: methodological issues to avoid misinterpretation. Ann Hematol 96, 1223–1224 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-3010-1

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