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A competitive PCR-based method using TCRD, TCRG and IGH rearrangements for rapid detection of patients with high levels of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Guidal, C., Vilmer, E., Grandchamp, B. et al. A competitive PCR-based method using TCRD, TCRG and IGH rearrangements for rapid detection of patients with high levels of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 16, 762–764 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402396

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