Lymphocytosis

Bernard Greenberg, MD

University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

Copyright of the American Society of Hematology, 2006. ISSN: 1931-6860.

This case was reviewed and updated in August 2011 by Dr. Alvin Schmaier and members of the Teaching Cases Subcommittee.

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