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Comment
. 2018 Jul;103(7):e330.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.197889.

Immune failure, infection and survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Denmark

Michael Asger Andersen  1 , Carsten Utoft Niemann  2
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Immune failure, infection and survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Denmark

Michael Asger Andersen et al. Haematologica. 2018 Jul.
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Figure 1.
Kaplan-Meier curves for A) overall survival and B) treatment free survival. (A) Kaplan-Meier curve from one year after diagnosis until death or end of follow up for all included patients grouped by patients having an infection during the first year (red). (B) Kaplan-Meier curve from one year after diagnosis until death, treatment or end of follow up for all included patients grouped by patients having an infection during the first year (red).
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