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Molecular relapse can be detected in blood in a sensitive and timely fashion in B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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We thank Drs D Gill and S Juneja for provision of samples, and Jenny Muirhead and Marjorie Lee for assistance with data.

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Brisco, M., Sykes, P., Hughes, E. et al. Molecular relapse can be detected in blood in a sensitive and timely fashion in B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 15, 1801–1802 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402268

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