Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , August 2007

Telomeres and telomerase in leukaemia and lymphoma

Received 11 April 2007 ,Accepted 24 April 2007.

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PII: S1473-0502(07)00094-8

doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2007.04.006

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , August 2007

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