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Case Reports in Hematology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 197347, 3 pages
Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma during Pregnancy
1Division of Hematology/Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1475 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
2Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1475 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
3Department of Pathology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1475 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Received 12 August 2012; Accepted 13 September 2012
Academic Editors: T. Sonoki, S. Storti, and P. Tsirigotis
Copyright © 2012 Cesar A. Perez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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