Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 624-626 , September 2002

Onset of oral extranodal large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with polycythemia vera: a rare presentation

  • Stefania Castellano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Oral Medicine Section, C.so Dogliotti 14, I-10126 Torino, Italy
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  • Mario Carbone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Oral Medicine Section, C.so Dogliotti 14, I-10126 Torino, Italy
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  • Marco Carrozzo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Oral Medicine Section, C.so Dogliotti 14, I-10126 Torino, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-011-6634000; fax: +39-011-6633658
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  • Roberto Broccoletti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Oral Medicine Section, C.so Dogliotti 14, I-10126 Torino, Italy
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  • Marco Pagano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences and Oncology, University of Turin, Italy
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  • Maria Ausilia Ciocca Vasino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Haematology Section, S. Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Sergio Gandolfo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Oral Medicine Section, C.so Dogliotti 14, I-10126 Torino, Italy

Received 26 July 2001 ,Accepted 1 August 2001.

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Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 624-626 , September 2002

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