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Case Report

TLS/FUS-ERG fusion gene in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with t(16;21)(p11;q22) and monitoring of minimal residual disease

Pages 1833-1835 | Received 29 Apr 2005, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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