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Cryptic rearrangement involving MLL and AF10 occurring in utero

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We thank Dr Anthony Ford of The Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology, Chester Beatty Laboratories for his technical advice on the Guthrie spot analysis. This work is supported in part by the Joint Research Board (FWvD).

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  1. Cancer Research UK Children's Cancer Group, Queen Mary University of London, UK

    L K Jones, F W van Delft, M Adamaki, S J Stoneham, N Patel & V Saha

  2. Medical Oncology Unit, Queen Mary University of London, UK

    M J Neat

  3. Cancer Research UK Computational Genome Analysis Laboratory, 44, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, UK

    M P Mitchell

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Jones, L., Neat, M., van Delft, F. et al. Cryptic rearrangement involving MLL and AF10 occurring in utero. Leukemia 17, 1667–1669 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403039

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