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This work was supported by grants from the Leukemia Research Fund. We thank A Berrebi, V Callea, S Capalbo, M Di Stefano, JR Duncan, M Dyer, V Joensson, AW Langerak, A Manoharan, FR Mauro, S Nag, I Ribeiro, P Stark, D Westerman, and J Wiley for their invaluable collection of affected sib pairs.
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Sellick, G., Allinson, R., Matutes, E. et al. Increased sex concordance of sibling pairs with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia 18, 1162–1163 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403360
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