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We thank all clinicians for sending samples to our laboratory for diagnostic purposes, and for providing clinical information and follow-up data. In addition, we would like to thank all co-workers at the MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory for approaching together many aspects in the field of leukemia diagnostics and research. In addition, we are grateful for the data management support performed by Tamara Alpermann.

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    A Fasan, W Kern, V Grossmann, C Haferlach, T Haferlach & S Schnittger

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Fasan, A., Kern, W., Grossmann, V. et al. STAT3 mutations are highly specific for large granular lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia 27, 1598–1600 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2012.350

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