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We wish to express our gratitude to the members of the INTERFANT-99 study group, the AML-BFM study group, and the DCOG study group for their support to this study by providing fresh blood or bone marrow samples from newly diagnosed leukemia patients.
This study was financially supported by a Grant from the Sophia Foundation for Medical Research (SSWO Grant no. 296).
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Stam, R., Hubeek, I., den Boer, M. et al. MLL gene rearrangements have no direct impact on Ara-C sensitivity in infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia and childhood M4/M5 acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 20, 179–182 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404031
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