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This work was supported by Grants from Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria (FIS, Spain) 03/0141, 01/0013-01, 01/F018, 02/1299; Navarra Goverment (31/2002); RETIC C03/10, Junta de Andalucia 03/143; 03/144 and funds from IMABIS (Malaga. Spain), ‘UTE project CIMA’, Fundación de Investigación Médica Mutua Madrileña Automovilista and Asociacion Medicina e Investigacion (AMI).
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Roman-Gomez, J., Jimenez-Velasco, A., Agirre, X. et al. Promoter hypermethylation and global hypomethylation are independent epigenetic events in lymphoid leukemogenesis with opposing effects on clinical outcome. Leukemia 20, 1445–1447 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404257
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