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Quintás-Cardama, A., Abruzzo, L., Giles, F. et al. A novel translocation t(3;21)(p21;q22) in acute myelogenous leukemia preceding a late-appearing Philadelphia chromosome. Leukemia 20, 1638–1640 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404283
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