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Diagnostic and treatment dilemmas in case of the severe course of multicentric Castleman disease


- Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
- Department of Hematology and Transplantology, Medical University of Gdansk, SMOLUCHOWSKIEGO 17 Gdańsk, 80-214 Gdansk, Poland
- Department of Pathomorfology, Medical University of Gdańsk, SMOLUCHOWSKIEGO 17 Gdańsk, 80-214 Gdansk, Poland
- Department of Hematology and Transplantology, Medical University of Gdansk, SMOLUCHOWSKIEGO 17 Gdańsk, 80-214 Gdansk, Poland
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
multicentric Castleman disease, TAFRO


Title
Diagnostic and treatment dilemmas in case of the severe course of multicentric Castleman disease
Journal
Issue
Article type
Clinical vignette
Pages
601-603
Published online
2021-11-08
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2944
Article views/downloads
173
DOI
10.5603/AHP.2021.0100
Bibliographic record
Acta Haematol Pol 2021;52(6):601-603.
Keywords
multicentric Castleman disease
TAFRO
Authors
Michalina Tamowicz
Agnieszka Piekarska
Michał Kunc
Magdalena Dutka
Ewa Zarzycka
Wojciech Biernat
Maria Bieniaszewska
Jan Maciej Zaucha


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