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Letter

The ETV6/RUNX1 fusion transcript is not detected in RNA isolated from neonatal dried blood spots from children later diagnosed with the corresponding leukemia

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Pages 2742-2744 | Received 17 Oct 2012, Accepted 10 Mar 2013, Published online: 17 Apr 2013

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