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We thank Shahed Abdullah, personnel of the Immunohistochemistry Unit, and the Molecular Diagnostics Unit for their expert technical assistance. This study was supported by the intramural research program of the Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
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All authors were involved in the design and approval of the final manuscript. AN performed the experiments, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; LX designed the primers, performed the experiments and analyzed the data; SP and ZA performed and interpreted the FISH analysis; MR supervised the work and wrote the manuscript; SP, ESJ, AN and MR confirmed the histopathological diagnoses.
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Nicolae, A., Xi, L., Pittaluga, S. et al. Frequent STAT5B mutations in γδ hepatosplenic T-cell lymphomas. Leukemia 28, 2244–2248 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2014.200
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