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CD30 expression: a diagnostic pitfall for primary cutaneous gamma delta T cell lymphoma

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  1. Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    Karen H. K. Tang & Yok-lam Kwong

  2. Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    Rex Au-Yeung

  3. Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong

    Shun-Hin Ting

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Karen Tang: patient treatment, manuscript writing, and approval. Rex Au-Yeung: histopathological diagnosis, manuscript writing, and approval. Shun-Hin Ting: histopathological diagnosis, manuscript writing, and approval. Yok-Lam Kwong: patient treatment, manuscript writing, and approval.

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Tang, K.H.K., Au-Yeung, R., Ting, SH. et al. CD30 expression: a diagnostic pitfall for primary cutaneous gamma delta T cell lymphoma. Ann Hematol 100, 2653–2657 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04229-6

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