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We thank the colleagues, data managers and technicians of the participating hospitals for their valuable cooperation, Jans-Enno Müller (Hannover) and Nora Mühlegger (Vienna) for competent data management. This study was supported by the Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V. and partly by the project (Ministry of Health, Czech Republic) for conceptual development of research organization 00064203 (the University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic).
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UC, MND, MZ, J-PB and DR designed and performed research and wrote and edited the paper. MZ, UC, MND and DR analyzed the data, CvN and JS performed the diagnostic studies and edited the paper, BG, GF, NG, TK, BK, TL, AvS and JS provided the study materials or patients and edited the manuscript. All the authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Creutzig, U., Dworzak, M., Zimmermann, M. et al. Additional treatment with 2-Chloro-2-Deoxyadenosine during consolidation in children with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia does not improve survival. Leukemia 29, 2260–2263 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2015.94
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