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Clonal evolution to histiocytic sarcoma with the BCR/ABL rearrangement 14 years after acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Pages 1892-1895 | Received 12 May 2009, Accepted 28 Jul 2009, Published online: 03 Nov 2009

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