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Letter to the Editor

Persistent positron emission tomography positivity secondary to benign histiocytic proliferation after treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma

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Pages 616-618 | Received 03 Oct 2006, Accepted 25 Nov 2006, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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