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Letter to the Editor

Granulocytic sarcoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia of the gastrointestinal tract after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation mimicking graft-versus-host disease

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Pages 350-352 | Received 18 Oct 2007, Accepted 01 Nov 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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