Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 12-18 , February 2012

Acute leukemias of ambiguous lineage

  • Marie C. Béné, PharmSciD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Immunologie du CHU and Nancy Université, Vandœuvre lès Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Anna Porwit, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Hematology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Anna Porwit, MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Hematology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 11th Floor, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada

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doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2011.08.004

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