The Diagnosis and Management of Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, Nasal-Type and Aggressive NK-Cell Leukemia
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The diagnosis and management of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type and aggressive NK-cell leukemia.
Natural killer (NK) cell lymphomas are rare malignancies. They are classified as extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, and aggressive NK cell leukemia. NK cell neoplasms are prevalent in Asian and South American populations, but are extremely rare in the West. They can be classified clinically into nasal, non-nasal, and aggressive lymphoma/leukemia subtypes. For nasal NK cell lymphomas, co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1346-4280,1880-9952
DOI: 10.3960/jslrt.51.21