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Letter to the Editors

A case of resistant pediatric histiocytic sarcoma successfully treated with chemo-radiotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant

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Pages 1367-1371 | Received 15 Nov 2010, Accepted 19 Feb 2011, Published online: 22 Mar 2011

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