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Bone marrow involvement in systemic ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma: morphological resemblance with Hodgkin's

Samina Naeem1, Mulazim Hussain Bukhari, Irfan Khurshid

  • 1Department of Pathology, Hematology Section, King Edward Medical College, Lahore. Naeem1962004@yahoo.com

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
|February 28, 2006
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