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Letter to the Editor

Multicentric Castleman disease: Use of HHV8 viral load monitoring and positron emission tomography during follow-up

C. Diéval Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Hôpital Saint-André, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Bordeaux, France
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Dr. F. Bonnet Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Hôpital Saint-André, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Bordeaux, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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S. Mauclère Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Hôpital Saint-André, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Bordeaux, France
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B. Masquelier CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Pellegrin, Laboratoire de Virologie, Bordeaux, France
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F. Bentaberry Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Hôpital Saint-André, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Bordeaux, France
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Al Cazeau CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Pessac, France
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P. Morlat Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Hôpital Saint-André, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Bordeaux, France
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Pages 1881-1883 | Received 20 Apr 2007, Accepted 05 Jun 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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