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This work was supported in part by Ministero della Salute (Ricerca Finalizzata IRCCS and ‘Alleanza Contro il Cancro’), Rome, Italy.

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    A Zucchetto, R Bomben, M Dal Bo, P Bulian, D Benedetti, P Nanni, M Degan & V Gattei

  2. Hematology section, S Eugenio Hospital, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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Zucchetto, A., Bomben, R., Dal Bo, M. et al. Reply to Pittner et al.. Leukemia 20, 528–529 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404089

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