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Acute differentiated dendritic cell leukemia: a variant form of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia with MLL translocation

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This study was supported by the Foundation ‘Città della Speranza’, a grant from the ‘Regione Sicilia’, a grant from the ‘Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro’ (AIRC) 2005-2007, and in part by CNR and MIUR 2003.

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Nigro, L., Sainati, L., Leszl, A. et al. Acute differentiated dendritic cell leukemia: a variant form of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia with MLL translocation. Leukemia 21, 360–362 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404480

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