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Fatal pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in ABVD-treated Hodgkin lymphoma patients

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Mats Kalin

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Sigurdur Yngvi Kristinsson, Honar Cherif & Magnus Björkholm

  3. Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden

    Marianne Lebbad

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Kalin, M., Kristinsson, S.Y., Cherif, H. et al. Fatal pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in ABVD-treated Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Ann Hematol 89, 523–525 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-009-0833-4

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