Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 10 , Pages 2227-2229 , October 2007

A patient with endobronchial BALT lymphoma successfully treated with radiotherapy

  • Sayed M.S. Hashemi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Medical Centre of Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 12, 1815 JD Alkmaar, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31725482771; fax: +31725482167.
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  • Martin A. Heitbrink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical Centre of Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 12, 1815 JD Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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  • Mehdi Jiwa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical Centre of Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 12, 1815 JD Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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  • Wim G. Boersma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Medical Centre of Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 12, 1815 JD Alkmaar, The Netherlands

Received 5 November 2006 ,Accepted 28 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.11.028

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 10 , Pages 2227-2229 , October 2007

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