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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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The treatment of pediatric patients with refractory or relapsed anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is still a major challenge. In addition to conventional chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation, new the...
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