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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma comprising non-floral leukemic cells in Taiwan, a country non-endemic for human T-cell leukemia virus type I

Yen-Chuan Hsieh Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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Sheng-Tsung Chang Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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Wen-Tsung Huang Division of Hemato-oncology, Lioying Chi-Mei Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Ryo Ichinohasama Division of Hematopathology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Shih-Sung Chuang Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1540-1542 | Received 26 May 2009, Accepted 07 Jun 2009, Published online: 15 Sep 2009

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