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Reply to Arlinghaus et al (second letter)

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We thank Dr Arlinghaus and his co-authors1 for their statement and the included further information regarding their approach for negative controls.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

    D Rawer & J Kreuder

  2. Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

    A Borkhardt & M Wilda

  3. Department of Medical Statistics, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany

    S Kropf

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Rawer, D., Borkhardt, A., Wilda, M. et al. Reply to Arlinghaus et al (second letter). Leukemia 17, 2531 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403195

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