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Fulminant B hepatitis in a surface antigen-negative patient with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia after rituximab therapy

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Niscola, P., Del Principe, M., Maurillo, L. et al. Fulminant B hepatitis in a surface antigen-negative patient with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia after rituximab therapy. Leukemia 19, 1840–1841 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403914

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