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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a report of three cases in HIV-negative patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas treated with rituximab

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  1. Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Marco Tuccori, Corrado Blandizzi & Mario Del Tacca

  2. Tuscan Regional Centre for Pharmacovigilance, Florence, Italy

    Marco Tuccori, Barbara Meini, Fabio Lena, Corrado Blandizzi & Mario Del Tacca

  3. Division of Haematology, Department of Oncology, Transplantations and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Daniele Focosi & Mario Petrini

  4. Virology Section and Retrovirus Centre, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Fabrizio Maggi

  5. Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Mirco Cosottini

  6. Pharmaceutical Unit, Hospital of Livorno, Livorno, Italy

    Barbara Meini & Fabio Lena

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Marco Tuccori and Daniele Focosi contributed equally to this manuscript.

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Tuccori, M., Focosi, D., Maggi, F. et al. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a report of three cases in HIV-negative patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas treated with rituximab. Ann Hematol 89, 519–522 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-009-0819-2

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