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Letter to the Editor

Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma in a patient with Crohn's disease who received infliximab therapy

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Pages 1410-1413 | Received 29 Jan 2007, Accepted 17 Mar 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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