Low-Grade Cutaneous B-cell Lymphoma in African American Patients

December 2018 | Volume 17 | Issue 12 | Editorials | 1334 | Copyright © December 2018


Shamir Geller MD, Melissa Pulitzer MD, Patricia L. Myskowski MD, Meenal Kheterpal MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

DISCLOSURES

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Shamir Geller MD shamirgeller@gmail.com