Seminars in Oncology
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 136-141 , April 2003

Origins of the malignant clone in typical Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

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☆ Supported in part by The Smokler Fellowship Award from Research Fund for Waldenstroms, Ltd, New York, NY, The Leukaemia Research Fund UK, and Tenovus UK.

☆☆ Address reprint requests to Surinder S. Sahota, PhD, Molecular Immunology Group, Tenovus Laboratory, Cancer Sciences Division, Southampton University Hospitals, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.

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doi: 10.1053/sonc.2003.50072

Seminars in Oncology
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 136-141 , April 2003

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