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Quantitative analysis of chimerism after allogeneic stem cell transplantation by PCR amplification of microsatellite markers and capillary electrophoresis with fluorescence detection: the Paris–Robert Debré experience

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Acquaviva, C., Duval, M., Mirebeau, D. et al. Quantitative analysis of chimerism after allogeneic stem cell transplantation by PCR amplification of microsatellite markers and capillary electrophoresis with fluorescence detection: the Paris–Robert Debré experience. Leukemia 17, 241–246 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402762

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