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Elevated mRNA transcripts of non-homologous end-joining genes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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This work was supported by Kaohsiung Medical University Pediatric Cancer Funds (QP094001 to SSC) and Kaohsiung Medical University Cancer Funds (QC094004 to CSL).

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    S-S Chiou, C-H Hung & T-T Chang

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    S-S Chiou, Y-J Jong & C-H Hung

  3. Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan

    J-L Huang

  4. Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Y-S Tsai, T-F Chen, S-H H Juo, Y-J Jong & C-S Lin

  5. Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    K-W Lee

  6. Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    K-W Lee

  7. Graduate Institute of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    S-H H Juo

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Chiou, SS., Huang, JL., Tsai, YS. et al. Elevated mRNA transcripts of non-homologous end-joining genes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 21, 2061–2064 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404742

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