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Mannari, D., Gascoyne, D., Dunne, J. et al. A novel exon in AML1-ETO negatively influences the clonogenic potential of the t(8;21) in acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 24, 891–894 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2009.288
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