Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 203-216 , June 2011

Rituximab resistance

  • Andrew R. Rezvani (Research Associate)

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D1-100, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D1-100, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Tel.: +1 206 667 1505; Fax: +1 206 667 6124.
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  • David G. Maloney (Member)

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D1-100, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Tel.: +1 206 667 5616; Fax: +1 206 667 6124.

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Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 203-216 , June 2011