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Letter to the Editor

Clinical manifestation and prognostic factors of 32 Japanese patients with autoimmune disease-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Saori MaegawaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan;Department of Hematology, Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Junya KurodaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tsutomu KobayashiDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Shinichi FuchidaDepartment of Hematology, Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Eri KawataDepartment of Hematology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Yuri KamitsujiDepartment of Hematology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Moriguchi, Japan
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Yasuhiko TsutsumiDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan;Department of Hematology, Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Toshiki IwaiDepartment of Hematology, Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Mitsushige NakaoDepartment of Hematology, Otsu Municipal Hospital, Otsu, Japan
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Hiroto KanekoDepartment of Hematology, Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Nobuhiko UoshimaDepartment of Hematology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Moriguchi, Japan
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Chihiro ShimazakiDepartment of Hematology, Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Yutaka KobayashiDepartment of Hematology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Shigeo HoriikeDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Aihiro YamamotoDepartment of Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Yutaka KawahitoDepartment of Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Masafumi TaniwakiDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Pages 785-788 | Received 25 Feb 2014, Accepted 20 May 2014, Published online: 25 Jun 2014

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