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Incidence and Clinical Significance of Bcl-2 / IgH Rearrangements in Follicular Lymphoma

Silvia Montoto Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Postgraduate School of Hematology "Farreras-Valentí" Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036- Barcelona, Spain
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Armando López-Guillermo Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Postgraduate School of Hematology "Farreras-Valentí" Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036- Barcelona, Spain
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Dolors Colomer Hematopathology Unit, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Esteve Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Postgraduate School of Hematology "Farreras-Valentí" Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036- Barcelona, Spain
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Francesc Bosch Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Postgraduate School of Hematology "Farreras-Valentí" Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036- Barcelona, Spain
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Ana Ferrer Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Postgraduate School of Hematology "Farreras-Valentí" Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036- Barcelona, Spain
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Neus Villamor Hematopathology Unit, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Carolina Moreno Hematopathology Unit, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Elías Campo Hematopathology Unit, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Emili Montserrat Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Postgraduate School of Hematology "Farreras-Valentí" Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036- Barcelona, Spain
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Pages 71-76 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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