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Loss of chromosomes is the primary event in near-haploid and low-hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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This study was supported by grants from the Swedish Cancer Society, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Swedish Research Council.

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  1. Department of Clinical Genetics, University and Regional Laboratories, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    S Safavi, K H Nord, B Johansson & K Paulsson

  2. Department of Medical Biosciences, Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

    E Forestier & I Golovleva

  3. Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    G Barbany

  4. Leukaemia Research Cytogenetics Group, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

    A V Moorman & C J Harrison

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Safavi, S., Forestier, E., Golovleva, I. et al. Loss of chromosomes is the primary event in near-haploid and low-hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 27, 248–250 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2012.227

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