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Histological transformation of MALT lymphoma to plasma cell leukemia after rituximab-containing therapy

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  1. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Yutaro Suzuki, Akira Honda, Kumi Nakazaki, Hideaki Mizuno, Fumihiko Nakamura & Mineo Kurokawa

  2. Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Masako Ikemura, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku & Masashi Fukayama

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Suzuki, Y., Honda, A., Nakazaki, K. et al. Histological transformation of MALT lymphoma to plasma cell leukemia after rituximab-containing therapy. Ann Hematol 97, 1297–1298 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-018-3300-2

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