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Letters to the Editor

A complex karyotype masked a cryptic variant t(8;21)(q22;q22) in a child with acute myeloid leukemia

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Pages 1593-1596 | Received 10 Feb 2011, Accepted 24 Mar 2011, Published online: 10 Jun 2011

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