Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 269-279 , June 2006

Familial leukemia

  • Kathleen F. Benson, PhD (Acting Research Assistant Professor)
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  • Marshall Horwitz, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Medicine)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 616 4566; fax: +1 206 897 1775.

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doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2005.11.002

Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 269-279 , June 2006