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Letter to the Editor

Clonal CD8+ lymphocytic proliferation associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection mimicking T-cell leukemia

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Pages 1651-1653 | Received 25 Mar 2007, Accepted 22 May 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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