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Pathologic etiology and predictors of malignancy in children with cervical lymphadenopathy

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We thank all the patients and their parents for their kind cooperation. We thank all the medical staff who provided care for patients.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children’s Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-Ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea

    Jee Woo Kim, Jee Yeon Baek, Ji Young Lee, Sung Min Lim, Ji-Man Kang & Jong Gyun Ahn

  2. Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Ji-Man Kang & Jong Gyun Ahn

  3. Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, South Korea

    Won Kee Ahn, Seung Min Hahn, Jung Woo Han & Chuhl Joo Lyu

  4. Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, South Korea

    Won Kee Ahn, Seung Min Hahn, Jung Woo Han & Chuhl Joo Lyu

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JWK contributed to obtaining institutional approval, acquisition and analysis of data, and drafting and revising the manuscript. JMK assisted in data analysis and drafted and revised the manuscript. JYB, JYL, SML, WKA, SMH, JWH, and CJL carried out the analysis and interpretation of the data, and reviewed and revised the manuscript. JGA conceptualized and designed the study, coordinated and supervised data collection, and drafted and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Severance Hospital (IRB number: 2022–0803-011), and the requirement of obtaining informed consent was waived because of the retrospective nature of the study. The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.

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Kim, J.W., Baek, J.Y., Lee, J.Y. et al. Pathologic etiology and predictors of malignancy in children with cervical lymphadenopathy. World J Pediatr 19, 283–287 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-022-00667-6

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