Leukemia Research
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 153-158 , February 2005

Heterogeneous somatic hypermutation status confounds the cell of origin in hairy cell leukemia

  • Mia Thorsélius

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratary, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Sarah H. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratary, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Ulf Thunberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Radiology and Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Hans Hagberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Radiology and Clinical Immunology, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Christer Sundström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratary, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Richard Rosenquist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratary, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 18 6115947; fax: +46 18 554025.

Received 10 May 2004 ,Accepted 19 May 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2004.05.016

Leukemia Research
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 153-158 , February 2005

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