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Post-rituximab Burkitt transformation of PTLD: loss of CD20 expression accompanied by a switch in light-chain expression

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  1. Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, UMU, 4/F, Professorial Block, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

    Yu-Yan Hwang & Wing Y. Au

  2. Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China

    Kai Y. Wong, Rock Y. Y. Leung & Gopesh Srivastava

  3. Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China

    Simon H. M. Wong

  4. Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China

    See-Ching Chan

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Hwang, YY., Wong, K.Y., Leung, R.Y.Y. et al. Post-rituximab Burkitt transformation of PTLD: loss of CD20 expression accompanied by a switch in light-chain expression. Ann Hematol 89, 97–99 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-009-0769-8

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