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Burkitt Lymphoma

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Ambrosio, M.R., Rocca, B.J., Leoncini, L. (2018). Burkitt Lymphoma. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_3837-1

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