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Letters to the Editor

Success of interferon α therapy in a patient with hepatitis C virus-negative splenic marginal zone lymphoma associated with polycythemia vera

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Pages 2739-2742 | Received 26 Oct 2014, Accepted 12 Jan 2015, Published online: 06 Mar 2015

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