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Letter to the Editor

Localized gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma as secondary neoplasms in two patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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Pages 2244-2246 | Received 29 Sep 2005, Accepted 13 Apr 2006, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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