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Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a unique case of a composite lymphoma of different clonal origin

Elisabeth HöringDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany;
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Annette M. StaigerDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany; ;Department of Clinical Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany;
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Dido LenzeInstitute of Pathology, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany;
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Heike HornDr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany;
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Matthias VöhringerDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany;
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Wolfgang SteurerDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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Walter E. AulitzkyDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany;
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German OttDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 249-252 | Received 18 Jan 2017, Accepted 04 May 2017, Published online: 05 Jun 2017

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