Paraneoplastic disseminated lentigines heralding aggressive Langerhans cell sarcoma
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Hematology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0939-5555,1432-0584
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-012-1577-0