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Spontaneous remission of methotrexateassociated lymphoproliferative disorder with Epstein-Barr virus type II latency

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan

    Yasushi Matsuzaki, Satoko Minakawa, Chihiro Sagara, Noriko Takiyoshi, Hajime Nakano & Daisuke Sawamura

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Matsuzaki, Y., Minakawa, S., Sagara, C. et al. Spontaneous remission of methotrexateassociated lymphoproliferative disorder with Epstein-Barr virus type II latency. Eur J Dermatol 28, 693–694 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2018.3372

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