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Cytokine profiles in relapsed multiple myeloma patients undergoing febrile reactions to lenalidomide

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Drs. Matsumura I and Morita Y received a grant for research from Celgene Corporation. All other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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  1. Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan

    Yasuyoshi Morita, Takahiro Shimada, Terufumi Yamaguchi, Shinya Rai, Chikara Hirase, Masakatsu Emoto, Kentaro Serizawa, Yasuhiro Taniguchi, Mayuko Ojima, Yoichi Tatsumi, Takashi Ashida & Itaru Matsumura

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Miyazaki University, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Japan

    Yasuhiro Taniguchi

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Morita, Y., Shimada, T., Yamaguchi, T. et al. Cytokine profiles in relapsed multiple myeloma patients undergoing febrile reactions to lenalidomide. Int J Hematol 94, 583–584 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-011-0973-x

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