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Letter to the Editor

A case of B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with IL3-IGH rearrangement revealed by thromboembolism and marked eosinophilia

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Pages 2489-2492 | Received 14 Nov 2017, Accepted 16 Jan 2018, Published online: 09 Feb 2018

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