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Fischer, C., Drexler, H., Reinhardt, J. et al. Epigenetic regulation of brain expressed X-linked-2, a marker for acute myeloid leukemia with mixed lineage leukemia rearrangements. Leukemia 21, 374–377 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404493
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