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Letter to the Editor

Richter syndrome presenting as a solitary cerebellar tumor during first-line treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Yngvar FløisandDepartment of Hematology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Argentina
,
Jan DelabieDepartment of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Argentina
,
Alexander FossåDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Argentina
,
Eirik Helseth
,
Eva A. JacobsenDepartment of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Argentina
,
Jürgen RolkeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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Geir E. TjønnfjordCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2007-2009 | Received 25 Mar 2011, Accepted 07 Apr 2011, Published online: 12 Jun 2011

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