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Extramedullary relapse after accidental head injury in a patient with multiple myeloma

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  1. Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Maximilian Merz, Hartmut Goldschmidt & Jens Hillengass

  2. Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Leonille Schweizer

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Modar Kentar

  4. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Till Schneider

  5. National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany

    Hartmut Goldschmidt

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Merz, M., Schweizer, L., Kentar, M. et al. Extramedullary relapse after accidental head injury in a patient with multiple myeloma. Ann Hematol 94, 351–353 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-014-2147-4

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