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Letter to the Editor

Two cases of primary malignant NK/T-cell lymphoma in the small intestine following an aggressive clinical course: Morphological, immunohistochemical, and molecular analysis

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Pages 1451-1455 | Received 10 Jan 2007, Accepted 06 Apr 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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