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Pich, A., Chiusa, L., Ceretto, C. et al. Prognostic value of the rapidity of bone marrow blast cell proliferation in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 18, 172–174 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403159
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