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This study was supported by grants from the Swedish Children's Cancer Foundation, the Swedish Cancer Society and the Swedish Research Council.
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Davidsson, J., Lilljebjörn, H., Panagopoulos, I. et al. BRAF mutations are very rare in B- and T-cell pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemias. Leukemia 22, 1619–1621 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2008.14
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