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Multifocal CNS infiltration of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the form of small-cell solid metastatic lesions

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  1. Temple Neurosciences Center, Department of Neurology, Temple University Hospital, Temple School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Jaime Imitola, Kelly Pitt, James L. Peoples, Barbara Krynska & S. Ausim Azizi

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Temple School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Hina Sheikh

  3. Department of Neurosciences, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, USA

    Santosh Kesari

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Imitola, J., Pitt, K., Peoples, J.L. et al. Multifocal CNS infiltration of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the form of small-cell solid metastatic lesions. J Neurooncol 109, 213–215 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-012-0869-5

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