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This study was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (CA 21765), the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, and the French Department of Health (Programme de Soutien aux Innovations Diagnostiques et Thérapeutiques Coûteuses). We thank Dr JC Jones (St Jude Children's Research Hospital) for critical reading of the paper.
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Soulier, J., Trakhtenbrot, L., Najfeld, V. et al. Amplification of band q22 of chromosome 21, including AML1, in older children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an emerging molecular cytogenetic subgroup. Leukemia 17, 1679–1682 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403000
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