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Plasma cell myeloma with mature lymphoproliferative disease-like morphology: an unusual case

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  1. Immunology Department, Microbiology Laboratory, AHEPA University Hospital, St. Kyriakidi 1, 54636, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Evdoxia Gounari & Vasiliki Tsavdaridou

  2. Pathology Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Triantafyllia Koletsa & Ioannis Kostopoulos

  3. Department of Hematology, First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgia Kaiafa & Vasileios Perifanis

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Gounari, E., Koletsa, T., Kostopoulos, I. et al. Plasma cell myeloma with mature lymphoproliferative disease-like morphology: an unusual case. Ann Hematol 93, 1237–1238 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1948-1

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