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Marked bone marrow basophilia in a child with acute myeloid leukemia with a cryptic t(8;21)(q22;q22) chromosomal translocation

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We would like to thank J Dalton, R Marion, T Motroni and A Washington for expert technical assistance. This work was supported in part by a National Institutes of Health Cancer Center CORE grant CA21765, and by the American Lebanese and Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) of St Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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Lorsbach, R., McNall, R. & Mathew, S. Marked bone marrow basophilia in a child with acute myeloid leukemia with a cryptic t(8;21)(q22;q22) chromosomal translocation. Leukemia 15, 1799–1801 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402263

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