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Paraneoplastic pemphigus occurring after bendamustine and rituximab therapy for relapsed follicular lymphoma

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The authors have no conflict of interest directly relevant to the content of this article. F.N., A.S., and M.K. were given lecture fees, and M.K. was funded from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for research outside this work. A.S. and M.K. were funded, and M.K. was given lecture fees from Eisai Co., Ltd., for research outside this work.

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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

    Takashi Higo, Fumihiko Nakamura, Akihito Shinohara, Hiroki Asano & Mineo Kurokawa

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

    Tomomitsu Miyagaki, Naoyuki Senda & Ayumi Yoshizaki

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

    Hiroyuki Abe & Masashi Fukayama

  4. Department of Cell Therapy and Transplantation Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Mineo Kurokawa

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Higo, T., Miyagaki, T., Nakamura, F. et al. Paraneoplastic pemphigus occurring after bendamustine and rituximab therapy for relapsed follicular lymphoma. Ann Hematol 94, 683–685 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-014-2202-1

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