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Case Report

Epstein–Barr virus and methotrexate-related CNS lymphoma in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Kiyoshi MigitaDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Taiichiro MiyashitaDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Toma MijinDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Sohko SakitoDepartment of Rheumatology, Sadamatsu Hospital, Ono-machi 332, Omura 850-0034, Japan
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Hirokazu KurohamaDepartment of Pathology, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Masahiro ItoDepartment of Pathology, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Keisuke TodaDepartment of Neurosurgery, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Keisuke TsustumiDepartment of Neurosurgery, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Hiroshi BabaDepartment of Neurosurgery, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Yasumori IzumiDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiDepartment of Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Daisuke NiinoDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Asashi-machi 67, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
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Kouichi OhshimaDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kurume University, Asashi-machi 67, Kurume 830-0011, Japan
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Pages 832-836 | Received 17 May 2012, Accepted 25 Jun 2012, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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