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A replicable CD271+ mesenchymal stromal cell density score: bringing the dysfunctional myelodysplastic syndrome niche to the diagnostic laboratory

Eric GarsDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA;
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Sherif M. YousryDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr El-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;
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Daniel BabuDepartment of Pathology, University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Jason H. KurzerDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA;
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Tracy I. GeorgeDepartment of Pathology, University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Dita GratzingerDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1730-1732 | Received 08 Jul 2016, Accepted 17 Oct 2016, Published online: 03 Nov 2016

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