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Letters to the Editor

Concurrent herpes simplex viral lymphadenitis and chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, mimicking large-cell (Richter) transformation

Khine Oo Department of Hematology/Oncology, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
,
Wenzhen Xiao Nanchang University School of Medicine, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
,
Arif Hameed Department of Pathology, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
&
Philip Xiao Department of Pathology, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, FCAP
Pages 1535-1537 | Received 18 May 2009, Accepted 22 May 2009, Published online: 15 Sep 2009

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