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Clonal T-LGL population mimicking leukemia in Felty’s syndrome—part of a continuous spectrum of T-LGL proliferations?

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  1. Abteilung für Hämatologie und internistische Onkologie, Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany

    Karin G. Schrenk, Lars-Olof Mügge & Andreas Hochhaus

  2. Institut für Pathologie, Referenzzentrum für Lymphknotenpathologie und Hämatopathologie, Universität Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Manuela Krokowski, Alfred C. Feller & Veronica Bernhard

  3. Abteilung für Nephrologie, Rheumatologie/Osteologie, Endokrinologie/Stoffwechselerkrankungen Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany

    Peter Oelzner, Gunter Wolf & Thomas Neumann

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Schrenk, K.G., Krokowski, M., Feller, A.C. et al. Clonal T-LGL population mimicking leukemia in Felty’s syndrome—part of a continuous spectrum of T-LGL proliferations?. Ann Hematol 92, 985–987 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-012-1649-1

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