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Large but not small copy-number alterations correlate to high-risk genomic aberrations and survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a high-resolution genomic screening of newly diagnosed patients

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Swedish CLL group for support during the collection of clinical data. This research was supported by the Nordic Cancer Union, the Swedish Cancer Society, the Swedish Research Council, Lion's Cancer Research Foundation, Uppsala, Sweden and the Svend Andersen Foundation, Denmark. A fellowship (2006/18) was awarded to R Rosenquist by the European Hematology Association.

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  1. G Juliusson and R Rosenquist: These two authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Stem Cell Center, Hematology and Transplantation, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    R Gunnarsson, K Karlsson & G Juliusson

  2. Department of Medical Sciences, Cancer Pharmacology and Informatics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    A Isaksson, H Göransson & M Rasmussen

  3. Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    M Mansouri, M Jansson, N Cahill & R Rosenquist

  4. Department of Oncology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    J Staaf

  5. Departments of Hematology/Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    J Lundin

  6. Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    S Norin

  7. Department of Hematology, Leukemia Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

    A M Buhl & J Jurlander

  8. Department of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    K E Smedby

  9. Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

    H Hjalgrim

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Gunnarsson, R., Isaksson, A., Mansouri, M. et al. Large but not small copy-number alterations correlate to high-risk genomic aberrations and survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a high-resolution genomic screening of newly diagnosed patients. Leukemia 24, 211–215 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2009.187

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