T-lymphocytes in bone marrow samples of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during and after chemotherapy might hamper PCR-based minimal residual disease studies.
van Wering
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van der Linden-Schrever
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van der Velden
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Szczepański
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van Dongen
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*