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Letter to the Editor

Detection of B- and T-cell-specific gene rearrangements in 13 cell lines and 50 clinical specimens using the BIOMED-2 and the original InVivoScribe primers

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Pages 837-840 | Received 15 Sep 2006, Accepted 28 Dec 2006, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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