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Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) with concurrent high grade component at diagnosis: clinico-pathologic features and treatment strategy

Sotirios SachanasDepartment of Haematology, Athens Medical Center-Psychikon Branch, Athens, Greece
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Gerassimos A. PangalisDepartment of Haematology, Athens Medical Center-Psychikon Branch, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christina KalpadakisDepartment of Haematology, Heraklion University Hospital of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Georgia LevidouDepartment of Pathology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Xanthi YiakoumisDepartment of Haematology, Athens Medical Center-Psychikon Branch, Athens, Greece
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Maria MoschogiannisDepartment of Haematology, Athens Medical Center-Psychikon Branch, Athens, Greece
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Marie-Christine KyrtsonisDepartment of Haematology, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Theodoros P. VassilakopoulosDepartment of Haematology, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Pantelis TsirkinidisDepartment of Haematology, Athens Medical Center-Psychikon Branch, Athens, Greece
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Marina SiakantarisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Chariklia SpiliadiDepartment of Pathology, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece
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Evangelia KaragianniDepartment of Pathology, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece
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Penelope KorkolopoulouDepartment of Pathology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Dimitra RontogianniDepartment of Pathology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Helen PapadakiDepartment of Haematology, Heraklion University Hospital of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Panayiotis PanayiotidisDepartment of Haematology, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Maria AngelopoulouDepartment of Haematology, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Pages 3230-3232 | Received 30 Oct 2014, Accepted 15 Mar 2015, Published online: 12 May 2015

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