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Munshi, N., Mitsiades, C., Richardson, P. et al. Does maintenance therapy with thalidomide benefit patients with multiple myeloma?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 4, 394–395 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0847
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