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Acute promyelocytic leukemia following solid organ transplantation

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The authors thank Drs. Jennifer Winters and Mark Shenkin for providing the photomicrographs.

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  1. Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8056, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Armin Rashidi

  2. Virginia Oncology Associates, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Paul R. Conkling

  3. Pathology Sciences Medical Group, Sentara Laboratory Services, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Stephen I. Fisher

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Rashidi, A., Conkling, P.R. & Fisher, S.I. Acute promyelocytic leukemia following solid organ transplantation. Ann Hematol 95, 169–171 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-015-2524-7

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