Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 185-191 , March 2010

Intravascular Large B cell Lymphoma in Taiwan: An Asian Variant of Non-germinal-center Origin

  • Min-Shu Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Chen Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yueh-Hung Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chung-Wu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chung-Wu Lin, Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 17 February 2009 ,Revised 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(10)60041-1

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60041-1

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 185-191 , March 2010

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