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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma

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Pediatric Bone Marrow

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Definition. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lymphomas comprise a group of malignancies that arise from the clonal proliferation of lymphoid precursors.

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Penchansky, L. (2004). Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma. In: Pediatric Bone Marrow. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18799-5_9

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