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Original Article

Acute Liver Failure as Initial Manifestation of Low-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Transformation into Large-Cell Lymphoma

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Pages 555-559 | Received 11 Nov 2000, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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