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Letter to the Editor

Characterization of high-hyperdiploidy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia with gain of a single chromosome 21

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Pages 2457-2460 | Received 08 Jun 2007, Accepted 29 Aug 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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