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Yilmaz, Y., Lazova, R., Qumsiyeh, M. et al. Donor Y chromosome in renal carcinoma cells of a female BMT recipient: visualization of putative BMT–tumor hybrids by FISH. Bone Marrow Transplant 35, 1021–1024 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704939
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