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Transient chromosomal rearrangements in three children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after unrelated cord blood transplantation

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    L Otero, T de Souza Fernandez, T F Padilha, F N Carestiato, L F Bouzas & E Abdelhay

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Otero, L., de Souza Fernandez, T., Padilha, T. et al. Transient chromosomal rearrangements in three children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after unrelated cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 46, 452–454 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2010.120

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