Accuracy of Burkitt lymphoma diagnosis in constrained pathology settings: Importance to epidemiology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-450

  Ogwang, Martin D ^a   Zhao, Weiqiang ^b   Ayers, Leona W ^b   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^c,d  

^a St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch   (United States)

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EID: 79955076846     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/2009-0443-ep.1     Document Type: Article

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