X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome Differential Diagnoses

  • Author: Karen Seiter, MD; Chief Editor: Emmanuel C Besa, MD   more...
 
Updated: Mar 9, 2011
 
 

Differential Diagnoses

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Karen Seiter, MD  Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology/Hematology, New York Medical College

Karen Seiter, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for Cancer Research, American College of Physicians, and American Society of Hematology

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Doris Ponce, MD  Fellow, Department of Hematology/Oncology, New York Medical College

Doris Ponce, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and American Society of Hematology

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M Wayne Saville, MD  Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California at San Diego; Director, Hematology and Oncology, Global Medical Affairs, Biogen Idec, Inc

M Wayne Saville, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine and Sigma Xi

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Specialty Editor Board

Koyamangalath Krishnan, MD, FRCP, FACP  Paul Dishner Endowed Chair of Excellence in Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Hematology-Oncology, Program Director, Hematology-Oncology Fellowship, James H Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University

Koyamangalath Krishnan, MD, FRCP, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, American Society of Hematology, and Royal College of Physicians

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD  Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine

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Troy H Guthrie, Jr, MD  Director of Cancer Institute, Baptist Medical Center

Troy H Guthrie, Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Federation for Medical Research, American Medical Association, American Society of Hematology, Florida Medical Association, Medical Association of Georgia, and Southern Medical Association

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Rajalaxmi McKenna, MD, FACP  Southwest Medical Consultants, SC, Department of Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Advocate Health Systems

Rajalaxmi McKenna, MD, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, and International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

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Chief Editor

Emmanuel C Besa, MD  Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University

Emmanuel C Besa, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for Cancer Education, American College of Clinical Pharmacology, American Federation for Medical Research, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, and New York Academy of Sciences

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