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Isolated central nervous system relapse presenting as myeloid sarcoma of acute myeloid leukemia after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

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  1. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan

    Shih-Feng Cho, Ta-Chih Liu & Chao-Sung Chang

  2. Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Shih-Feng Cho

  3. Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Ta-Chih Liu

  4. Graduate institute of Healthcare Administration, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Chao-Sung Chang

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Cho, SF., Liu, TC. & Chang, CS. Isolated central nervous system relapse presenting as myeloid sarcoma of acute myeloid leukemia after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Ann Hematol 92, 133–135 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-012-1540-0

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