Patients with Plasma Cell Disorders Have High EBV DNA in Peripheral Blood than the General Population

Kumar Sangam1, Yashwant Kumar2, Ranjana Walker Minz1

  • 1Department of Immunopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.

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