This corrects the article “Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease in the Unites States: Three Case Reports and Review of the Literature” in volume 6, e2014001, link: http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/11988
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which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Due to a layout error, in the title Unites must be canged on United. At the first row of the abstract histiocytic lymphadenitis must be canged on histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis.
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