Journal of Infection
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages e173-e176 , June 2006

Epstein–Barr virus infected natural killer cell lymphoma in a patient with hypersensitivity to mosquito bite

  • Jae Hoon Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kounkuk University Medical School, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Hyung-Seok Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 5 Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-190, South Korea
    • ,
  • Young Hyeh Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University Medical School, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Chang-Soo Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 5 Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-190, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 62 220 5688; fax: +82 62 225 0580.

,Accepted 31 August 2005.

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PII: S0163-4453(05)00264-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.08.035

Journal of Infection
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Pages e173-e176 , June 2006

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