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Prospective study of prognostic factors in asymptomatic patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia-like lymphocytosis: the cut-off of 11 × 109/L monoclonal lymphocytes better identifies subgroups with different outcomes
The arbitrary threshold of 5 × 109/L chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)-like lymphocytes differentiates monoclonal B lymphocytosis (MBL) from CLL. There are no prospective studies that search for the optimal cut-...
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Clinical efficacy and safety of primary antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole vs itraconazole in allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation
Posaconazole has been recently approved for primary antifungal prophylaxis in patients with prolonged neutropenia after AML induction chemotherapy and patients with GVHD. We now present the first experience of...
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Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) with immunologically purged progenitor cells in patients with advanced stage follicular lymphoma after early partial or complete remission: toxicity, follow-up of minimal residual disease and survival
The role of autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in indolent lymphomas is a controversial issue. From 1994 to 1999, we performed ASCT with immunologically purged progenitor cells in 15 patients with advanced...