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Detection of extra-medullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia by radiographic imaging following allogeneic hematopoietic SCT

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  1. Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

    J Francis

  2. Department of Medicine, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    S Smiley, M Battiwalla, P Paplham, K Brown, M Syta & P McCarthy

  3. Department of Medicine, Leukemia Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    M Wetzler

  4. Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    M Barcos & W Bshara

  5. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    D Lamonica & P Loud

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Francis, J., Smiley, S., Battiwalla, M. et al. Detection of extra-medullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia by radiographic imaging following allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 44, 827–828 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2009.183

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