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Case Report

Development of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma during the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Momoko OkamotoDepartment of Rheumatology, Sasebo City General Medical Center, Sasebo, Japan;
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Katsumi EguchiRheumatic and Collagen Disease Center, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Ayumi HidaDepartment of Clinical Studies, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Nagasaki, Japan;
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Kaoru TeradaRheumatic and Collagen Disease Center, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan;
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Toshiyuki AramakiRheumatic and Collagen Disease Center, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan;
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Fumiaki NonakaDepartment of Rheumatology, Sasebo City General Medical Center, Sasebo, Japan;
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Hiroaki TaniguchiDepartment of Hematology, Sasebo City General Medical Center, Sasebo, Japan;
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Yukiyoshi MoriuchiDepartment of Hematology, Sasebo City General Medical Center, Sasebo, Japan;
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Hideki NakamuraDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Yukitaka UekiRheumatic and Collagen Disease Center, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan;
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Pages 87-91 | Received 22 Aug 2018, Accepted 22 Oct 2018, Published online: 04 Jan 2019

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