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Letter to the Editor

Clinical characteristics, prognostic factors and outcomes of Burkitt lymphoma in adult Asians

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Pages 824-827 | Received 10 Nov 2007, Accepted 22 Dec 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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