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Long-term results of treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Czech Republic

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Acknowledgements

We thank the patients and families who participated in the trials, the physicians and nurses of all hospitals, and cytomorphologists and cytogeneticists for their input in performing the studies. We also thank I Janotova for data management. This study was supported in part by the Czech Ministry of Education (MSM0021620813).

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  1. Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Motol and 2nd Medical School, Charles’ University, Praha, Czech Republic

    J Stary, J Trka, O Hrusak, P Gajdos, P Smisek, P Sedlacek, V Vavra & O Hrodek

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Regional Hospital, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

    Y Jabali

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

    H Hrstkova

  4. Children's Hospital, Masaryk's University, Brno, Czech Republic

    H Hrstkova & J Sterba

  5. Department of Pediatric Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

    J Sterba

  6. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Teaching Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    B Blazek

  7. Department of Pediatrics, Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

    J Hak

  8. Department of Pediatrics, Masaryk's Hospital, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic

    D Prochazkova

  9. Department of Pediatrics, Teaching Hospital affiliated to Charles’ University, Plzen, Czech Republic

    Z Cerna

  10. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Palacky's University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    V Mihal

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Stary, J., Jabali, Y., Trka, J. et al. Long-term results of treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Czech Republic. Leukemia 24, 425–428 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2009.255

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