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A young man with fever, splenomegaly, hepatic granulomas, and lymphocytic bone marrow infiltrates

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  1. J. A. A. Hoogkamp-Korstanje

    Present address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  2. P. P. Tak

    Present address: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Leiden, Building 1, C1-R41, P.O. Box 9600, 2300, RC Leiden, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

    P. P. Tak & R. Bieger

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

    P. M. Kluin & J. C. Kluin-Nelemans

  3. Laboratory for Public Health, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

    J. A. A. Hoogkamp-Korstanje & J. de Koning

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Tak, P.P., Kluin, P.M., Hoogkamp-Korstanje, J.A.A. et al. A young man with fever, splenomegaly, hepatic granulomas, and lymphocytic bone marrow infiltrates. Ann Hematol 66, 97–102 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01695892

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