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Original Articles: Clinical

Follicular lymphoma with marked monocytoid or plasmacytoid differentiation and tiny or indistinct follicles: a case study of four patients

Kenji YamadaPathology
,
Akiko Miyagi MaeshimaPathologyCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Hirokazu TaniguchiPathology
,
Yoshinori KawabataPathology Division, Saitama Cardiovascular Respiratory Center, Saitama, Japan
,
Junko NomotoHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Divisions, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo
,
Dai MaruyamaHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Divisions, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo
,
Sung-won KimHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Divisions, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo
,
Takashi WatanabeHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Divisions, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo
,
Yukio KobayashiHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Divisions, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo
,
Kensei TobinaiHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Divisions, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo
&
Hitoshi TsudaPathology
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Pages 804-813 | Received 22 Oct 2010, Accepted 06 Jan 2011, Published online: 21 Feb 2011

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