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Original Articles: Clinical

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with mature phenotype and MLL rearrangement: report of five new cases and review of the literature

Elisa Olga SajaroffDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Correspondence[email protected]
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Adrian MansiniDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Patricia RubioDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Cristina Noemí AlonsoDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Marta S. GallegoCytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Mariela C. CoccéCytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Silvia Eandi-EberleDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Andrea Raquel BernasconiDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Maria AmpatzidouDepartment of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (TAO), Aghia Sophia ChildreńS Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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George PaterakisDepartment of Flow Cytometry, Laboratory of Immunology, “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Stefanos I. PapadhimitriouLaboratory of Hematology, Department of Molecular Cytogenetics, “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Loizos PetrikkosDepartment of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (TAO), Aghia Sophia ChildreńS Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Vassilios PapadakisDepartment of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (TAO), Aghia Sophia ChildreńS Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Sophia PolychronopoulouDepartment of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (TAO), Aghia Sophia ChildreńS Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Jorge G. RossiDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Maria Sara FeliceDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital De Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
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Pages 2289-2297 | Received 05 Nov 2015, Accepted 09 Jan 2016, Published online: 08 Feb 2016

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