Circulating blastoid cells: acute leukemia, prolymphocytic leukemia, or something else?

Ann Hematol

Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3712, M-345 Davison Bldg (Green Zone) Duke Hospital South, Durham, NC, USA.

Published: December 2021

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