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Rituximab as first line treatment for MALT lymphoma of extraocular muscles

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  1. Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Ioannina, University Avenue, Ioannina, Greece

    Leonidas Benetatos, Vasiliki Alymara & Konstantinos L. Bourantas

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Ioannis Asproudis

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Benetatos, L., Alymara, V., Asproudis, I. et al. Rituximab as first line treatment for MALT lymphoma of extraocular muscles. Ann Hematol 85, 625–626 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-006-0134-0

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