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Reversible iatrogenic, MTX-associated EBV-driven lymphoproliferation with histopathological features of a lymphomatoid granulomatosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Mishuku Hospital, 5-33-12 Kamimeguro, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-0051, Japan

    Shinichi Kobayashi, Yuichi Kikuchi, Yasunori Matsuki, Morichika Nagumo, Satoshi Oshima & Toshiro Kondo

  2. Department of Hematology, Mishuku Hospital, 5-33-12 Kamimeguro, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-0051, Japan

    Kazuhiro Masuoka

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, 1-2-24 Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo, 154-8532, Japan

    Shinichi Kobayashi, Yuichi Kikuchi, Hideyuki Horikoshi, Morichika Nagumo, Satoshi Oshima & Yukiya Hakozaki

  4. Department of Pathology, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, 1-2-24 Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo, 154-8532, Japan

    Kimiya Sato & Susumu Matsukuma

  5. Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan

    Shinichi Kobayashi, Ayako Kobayashi & Fumihiko Kimura

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Kobayashi, S., Kikuchi, Y., Sato, K. et al. Reversible iatrogenic, MTX-associated EBV-driven lymphoproliferation with histopathological features of a lymphomatoid granulomatosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Hematol 92, 1561–1564 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1741-1

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