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Diffuse large B cell lymphoma and schistosomiasis: a rare simultaneous occurrence

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  1. Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Pathology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale/IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Magda Zanelli, Maria Cecilia Mengoli, Riccardo Valli & Loredana De Marco

  2. Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Surgical Oncology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale/IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80, 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Maurizio Zizzo

  3. Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Maurizio Zizzo

  4. Institute of Hematology-CREO, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, University of Perugia, Piazza Menghini, 1, 06129, Perugia, Italy

    Giovanni Martino

  5. Pathology Unit, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, University of Perugia, Piazza Menghini, 1, 06129, Perugia, Italy

    Daniela Fenocchio

  6. Pathology Unit, Ospedale di Terni, University of Perugia, Viale Tristano di Joannuccio, 05100, Terni, Italy

    Stefano Ascani

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Zanelli, M., Zizzo, M., Mengoli, M.C. et al. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma and schistosomiasis: a rare simultaneous occurrence. Ann Hematol 98, 1511–1512 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-018-3561-9

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