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CASE REPORT

Acute Leukemia and Concurrent Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor: Case Report and Literature Review

Luke MaeseDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;Division of Hematology/Oncology, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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K. David LiDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Xinjie XuDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Zeinab AfifyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;Division of Hematology/Oncology, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Christian N. PaxtonPathology, ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Angelica PutnamDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;Division of Hematology/Oncology, Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Pages 168-176 | Received 08 Nov 2016, Accepted 11 Dec 2016, Published online: 19 Jan 2017

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