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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Leukemia/Lymphoma

Pediatric Follicular Lymphoma: A Report of the First 3 Cases From Taiwan and Literature Review

Sheau-Fang YangDepartment of Pathology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
, MD,
Wen-Yu ChuangDepartment of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
, MD,
Seng-Tsung ChangDepartment of Pathology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
, MD,
Hongxiang LiuDepartment of Histopathology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
, PhD,
Rong-Long ChenDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Liouying Campus, Tainan, Taiwan
, MD &
Shih-Sung ChuangDepartment of Pathology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; and Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 661-668 | Received 18 Mar 2011, Accepted 03 Jun 2011, Published online: 29 Aug 2011

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