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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia transdifferentiated to blastic neoplasm with T/plasmacytoid dendritic cell immunophenotype

Kimon V. Argyropoulosa Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1510-5887
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Umut Ayparb Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cytogenetics Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Mark D. Ewalta Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA;c Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Mikhail Roshala Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Ahmet Dogana Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6576-5256
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Filiz Sena Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hematopathology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 734-737 | Received 01 Jul 2022, Accepted 19 Dec 2022, Published online: 07 Feb 2023

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