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We are grateful to the patients and their clinicians who participated in this study. This work was supported by grants from the Leukemia Research Fund and Cancer Research UK.
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Sellick, G., Broderick, P., Fielding, S. et al. Lack of a relationship between the common 8q24 variant rs6983267 and risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia 22, 438–439 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404915
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