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Letter

Immunoglobulin/T-cell receptor gene rearrangements in the diagnostic paradigm of pediatric patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Pages 1425-1428 | Received 15 Nov 2011, Accepted 30 Dec 2011, Published online: 16 Mar 2012

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