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Letter to the Editor

Amyloid-associated amyloidosis in a HCV carrier with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who had been treated with autologous stem cell transplantation and rituximab

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Pages 2075-2078 | Received 25 May 2007, Accepted 31 Jul 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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