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The polycythemia vera stem cell

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The symposium and publication of this supplement were sponsored by the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) for Stem Cells Biology at Rhode Island Hospital. JLS received grant support from National Cancer Institute Program Project PO1-CA108671.

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Spivak, J. The polycythemia vera stem cell. Leukemia Suppl 3 (Suppl 1), S23–S24 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/leusup.2014.13

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