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ABF-1 is frequently silenced by promoter methylation in follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt's lymphoma

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This study was supported in part by grant 107547 from Deutsche Krebshilfe eV to TW and AU.

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    A Ushmorov & T Wirth

  2. Institute of Pathology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    F Leithäuser, O Ritz, T F E Barth & P Möller

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Ushmorov, A., Leithäuser, F., Ritz, O. et al. ABF-1 is frequently silenced by promoter methylation in follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt's lymphoma. Leukemia 22, 1942–1944 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2008.70

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