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Letter to the Editor

Nodal ALK positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the axilla with spontaneous regression

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Pages 1250-1252 | Received 08 Mar 2007, Accepted 14 Mar 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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