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Paola Rebora was supported by a studentship from FIRC (Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro). This work was supported by the Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden Contract No. 030635 and 5128-B07-01PAF) and by the Swedish Research Council (SIMSAM Grant No. 80748301).
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Rebora, P., Lee, M., Czene, K. et al. High risks of familial chronic lymphatic leukemia for specific relatives: signposts for genetic discovery?. Leukemia 26, 2419–2421 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2012.103
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