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This work was supported in part by Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC), the CLL Global Research Foundation, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Ghia, P., Belessi, C., Daví, F. et al. Reply to ‘Male preponderance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia utilizing IGHV1-69’ When size of the sample matters. Leukemia 21, 2539–2540 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404907
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