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We thank Dr. Kaiyo Takubo, Department of Clinical Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, and Professor David Y. Graham, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, for their helpful comments and encouragement.

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan

    Akihiko Yoshizawa & Shinichiro Kanai

  2. Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences and Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Nagano , Japan

    Hiroyoshi Ota

  3. First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

    Nobuki Sakaguchi

  4. Department of Pathology and Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto , Japan

    Jun Nakayama

  5. Maruko Chuo General Hospital, Maruko, Japan

    Kenji Matsuzawa, Shigetoshi Tsuzuki, Reiko Takada, Fujie Miyazawa & Hiroko Kasahara

  6. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

    Tsutomu Katsuyama

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Yoshizawa, A., Ota, H., Sakaguchi, N. et al. Malignant granular cell tumor of the esophagus. Virchows Arch 444, 304–306 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-003-0957-1

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