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This work was supported by Grants G.0362.01 and G.0223.03 from the Fund for Scientific Research (FWO), Flanders, Belgium. VV is a fellow of the FWO Flanders, Grant G.0362.01. We thank Miet Vanherck for her excellent technical assistance.
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Vanhentenrijk, V., Tierens, A., Wlodarska, I. et al. VH gene analysis of hairy cell leukemia reveals a homogeneous mutation status and suggests its marginal zone B-cell origin. Leukemia 18, 1729–1732 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403503
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