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Original Articles: Clinical

Clinicopathologic investigation of methotrexate-induced lymphoproliferative disorders, with a focus on regression

Michihide TokuhiraDepartment of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Shuntaro SaitoDepartment of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; ;Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; View further author information
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Ayumi OkuyamaDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; View further author information
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Katsuya SuzukiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; View further author information
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Morihiro HigashiDepartment of Pathology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; View further author information
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Shuji MomoseDepartment of Pathology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; View further author information
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Takayuki ShimizuDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Takehiko MoriDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Tomoe Anan-NemotoDepartment of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; View further author information
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Koichi AmanoDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; View further author information
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Shinichiro OkamotoDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Tsutomu TakeuchiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; View further author information
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Jun-Ichi TamaruDepartment of Pathology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; View further author information
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Masahiro KizakiDepartment of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan; View further author information
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Pages 1143-1152 | Received 17 Feb 2017, Accepted 12 Aug 2017, Published online: 07 Sep 2017

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