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Letter to the Editor

Clonal Epstein–Barr virus-positive mucocutaneous ulcer mimicking a mature B-cell lymphoma in a patient with mycophenolate-induced immune suppression

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Pages 1908-1910 | Received 23 Sep 2014, Accepted 26 Oct 2014, Published online: 21 Jan 2015

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