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Comont, T., Martin-Blondel, G., Laurent, C. et al. Severe haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis triggered by a visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with a Rosai-Dorfman disease. Ann Hematol 94, 701–702 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-014-2219-5
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