Comparison of Bone Marrow Aspirates and Biopsies in Pediatric Patients with ALL at Days 7 and 14 of Induction Therapy

Athena Countouriotis Division of Hematology-Oncology, Gwynne Hazen Cherry Memorial Laboratories, Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Elliot M Landaw Department of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Faramarz Naeim Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Theodore B Moore Division of Hematology-Oncology, Gwynne Hazen Cherry Memorial Laboratories, Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Kathleen M Sakamoto Department of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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