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Detecting Clonal Rearrangement in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas in Taiwan by Polymerase Chain Reaction

Shih-Sung Chuang Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Ching-Nan Lin Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Fan-Ching Shen Department of Medical Technology, College of Medicine, National Chen-Kung University, No. 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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Pei-Ju Liao Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Yung-Liang Liao Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Julia Hueimei Chang Department of Pathology, Chang-Hua Christian Hospital, Chang-Hua, Taiwan
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Yi-Chang Tsai Department of Pathology, Sin-Lau Christian Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Chi-Yi Cho Department of Pathology, St. Martin de Porres Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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Wenya Huang Department of Medical Technology, College of Medicine, National Chen-Kung University, No. 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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Pages 117-121 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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