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Long-term remission after high-dose chemotherapy followed by auto-SCT as consolidation for intravascular large B-cell lymphoma

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We would like to thank the physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and data managers in FBMTG involved in our patient care. This work was supported in part by MEXT KAKENHI (Grant Number 25461453) to KK.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Science, Fukuoka, Japan

    K Kato, F Jinnouchi, K Kohno, T Kuriyama, T Miyamoto & K Akashi

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Y Ohno, H Kusumoto & T Tochigi

  3. Department of Hematology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

    T Kamimura

  4. Department of Hematology, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

    H Henzan, K Takase, I Kawano, M Kadowaki, R Nawata, T Muta & T Eto

  5. Center for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Science, Fukuoka, Japan

    H Iawasaki & K Akashi

  6. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan

    K Ohshima

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Kato, K., Ohno, Y., Kamimura, T. et al. Long-term remission after high-dose chemotherapy followed by auto-SCT as consolidation for intravascular large B-cell lymphoma. Bone Marrow Transplant 49, 1543–1544 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2014.189

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