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Clinicopathological characteristics of malignant lymphoma in patients with hepatitis C virus infection in the Tohoku district in Eastern Japan

Katsushi TajimaDepartment of Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan; ;Department of Neurology, Hematology, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Naoto TakahashiDepartment of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan;
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Kenichi IshizawaDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;
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Kazunori MuraiDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan;
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Tomoaki AkagiDepartment of Hematology, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, Japan;
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Hideyoshi NojiDepartment of Cardiology and Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan;
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Osamu SasakiDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan;
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Masaharu WanoDepartment of Hematology, Iwate Prefectural Hospital, Morioka, Japan;
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Jugoh ItohDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
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Yuichi KatoDepartment of Neurology, Hematology, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan;
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Tsutomu ShichishimaDepartment of Cardiology and Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan;
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Hideo HarigaeDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;
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Yoji IshidaDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan;
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Pages 1509-1511 | Received 15 Jun 2016, Accepted 08 Sep 2016, Published online: 10 Oct 2016

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