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Original Article: Clinical

Infectious lymphadenitis in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma: a rare, but important, complication

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Pages 311-314 | Received 08 Mar 2014, Accepted 08 Apr 2014, Published online: 25 Jun 2014

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