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Wan, T., Ma, S., Li, C. et al. Atypical fluorescence in situ hybridisation pattern in chronic myeloid leukaemia due to cryptic insertion of BCR at 9q34. Leukemia 18, 161–162 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403197
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