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Extreme telomere erosion in ATM-mutated and 11q-deleted CLL patients is independent of disease stage

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This work was supported by Cancer Research UK (C17199/A5603), Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research (no. 8044) and the Wales Office of Research and Development (TRP08-038).

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BBC carried out the experimental work and analysis; TTL, GA, VW and REJ contributed to the experimental work; CF and DGO provided clinical samples and edited the manuscript; TS jointly conceived the study and edited the manuscript; CP jointly supervised the study and edited the manuscript; DMB jointly conceived and supervised the study, analysed the data and wrote the manuscript.

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Britt-Compton, B., Lin, T., Ahmed, G. et al. Extreme telomere erosion in ATM-mutated and 11q-deleted CLL patients is independent of disease stage. Leukemia 26, 826–830 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2011.281

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