Follicular lymphoma: time for a re-think?

Blood Reviews - Tập 19 - Trang 165-178 - 2005
Maher K. Gandhi1, Robert E. Marcus2
1Department of Haematology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, and Tumour Immunology Lab, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Floor I, CBCRC Building, 300 Herston Rd, Brisbane, 4006, QLD, Australia
2Department of Haematology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK

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