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Letter to the Editor

Peripheral Hypereosinophilia in a Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Authors: José Manuel Calvo Villas MD, Samir Amine Salah MD, Jórge Cuesta Tovar MD, Elena Carreter de Granda MD, Francisco Sicilia Guillen MD

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