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This work was supported by the ‘Deutsche José Carreras Leukämie Stiftung e.V.’ (R09/29f and H11/03), Germany.
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Metzgeroth, G., Schwaab, J., Gosenca, D. et al. Long-term follow-up of treatment with imatinib in eosinophilia-associated myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with PDGFR rearrangements in blast phase. Leukemia 27, 2254–2256 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2013.129
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