Letter to the editor: Vertebral chloroma in a 1½-year-old boy with no evidence of leukemia
Esme Nijland MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorPaul Wuisman MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorBarend van Royen MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorAnjo Veerman MD, PhD
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorPaul van Diest MD
Department of Pathology, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorEsme Nijland MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorPaul Wuisman MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorBarend van Royen MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorAnjo Veerman MD, PhD
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorPaul van Diest MD
Department of Pathology, Academic Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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