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Cytogenetic evidence for the clonal hematopoietic cell origin of alveolar macrophages in myelodysplastic syndrome-associated pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

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  1. Department of Hematology, Tenri Hospital, 200 Mishima, Tenri, Nara, 632-8552, Japan

    Yuya Nagai & Hitoshi Ohno

  2. Tenri Institute of Medical Research, Tenri, Japan

    Chiyuki Kishimori, Miho Nakagawa & Hitoshi Ohno

  3. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan

    Ikkoh Yasuda

  4. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan

    Gen Honjo

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Nagai, Y., Kishimori, C., Nakagawa, M. et al. Cytogenetic evidence for the clonal hematopoietic cell origin of alveolar macrophages in myelodysplastic syndrome-associated pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Ann Hematol 96, 2141–2143 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-3118-3

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