European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 238-240 , May 2007

Acute vasculitis as a first manifestation of hairy cell leukemia

  • Anna Remková

      Affiliations

    • 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University, Mickiewiczova 13, SK-813 69 Bratislava. Tel.: +421 2 57290 249; fax: +421 2 57290 574.
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  • Andrej Halčín

      Affiliations

    • 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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  • Emöke Šteňová

      Affiliations

    • 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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  • Pavel Babál

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathological Anatomy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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  • Viera Kasperová

      Affiliations

    • 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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  • Andrej Vranovský

      Affiliations

    • National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Received 23 February 2006 ,Revised 17 July 2006 ,Accepted 19 September 2006.

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☆ This work was presented at the 7th Polish–Slovak Conference on Internal Medicine (organized by the Polish and Slovak Society of Internal Medicine), Katowice, Poland, 24–25 February 2006.

PII: S0953-6205(07)00016-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.09.032

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 238-240 , May 2007

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