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From: Somatic mutations in cancer development

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In this extended family there were 3 cases of hairy cell leukaemia (HCL): their co-existence can be hardly a coincidence, since HCL is one of the rarest forms of B cell leukaemia. Here the pattern is not Mendelian, suggesting that several genes and/or environmental factors are involved.

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