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Chronic lymphoproliferative disorder of natural killer cells: a distinct entity with subtypes correlating with normal natural killer cell subsets

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  1. Divisions of Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    W G Morice, D Jevremovic, A Roden, C A Hanson & P J Kurtin

  2. Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    H Olteanu & S Kroft

  3. Department of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    G Nowakowski

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Morice, W., Jevremovic, D., Olteanu, H. et al. Chronic lymphoproliferative disorder of natural killer cells: a distinct entity with subtypes correlating with normal natural killer cell subsets. Leukemia 24, 881–884 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2009.304

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