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“Cannibalistic” phagocytosis in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AML M7) with t(10;17)(p15;q22)

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Pages 1944-1947 | Received 12 May 2010, Accepted 16 Jun 2010, Published online: 17 Sep 2010

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