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Long noncoding RNA signatures define oncogenic subtypes in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

LEUKEMIA (2016)

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LEUKEMIA
Volume 30, Issue 9, Pages 1927-1930

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.82

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