The efficacy of ibrutinib in the treatment of Richter syndrome.
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Contribution: S.W., E.S., C.D.C., and I.B. performed experiments; C.A., S.A., and F.O.H. provided clinical data and clinical care for patient P1; H.P., N.M.-D., E.F.-W., S.M., W.-D.H., and W.H. provided clinical data and clinical care for P2; T.L. performed chimerism analysis on blood samples from P1; K.B. conceived the study and provided laboratory resources; K.B., S.W., E.S., and I.B. planned, designed and interpreted experiments; S.W., I.B., and K.B. wrote the manuscript; and all authors critically reviewed the manuscript and agreed to its publication.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Blood
دوره 125 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015