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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma mimicking lymphoma with bone marrow involvement

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Abbreviations

CWS:

German cooperative soft tissue sarcoma study

BFM:

acute lymphatic leukemia study Berlin-Frankfurt-Muenster

FKHR:

FKHR gene

LDH:

lactate dehydrogenase

MRI:

magnetic resonance imaging

NHL:

non-Hodgkin lymphoma

PAX3/7:

PAX gene

PET:

positron emission tomogram

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Mathildenstrasse 1, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    Christof Andreas Hanke, Jochen Roessler, Charlotte Marie Niemeyer & Udo Kontny

  2. Olgahospital, Stuttgart, Germany

    Sabine Stegmaier & Eva Koscielniak

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Hanke, C.A., Roessler, J., Stegmaier, S. et al. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma mimicking lymphoma with bone marrow involvement. Eur J Pediatr 166, 505–506 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0269-y

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