Conceptual organization of hematologic malignancies

Organization of tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues as described by the World Health Classification 2008.

Swerdlow, SH, Campo, E, Harris, NL, et al. (Eds). World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, IARC Press, Lyon 2008.

 

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