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Response to Imatinib Mesylate in Patients with Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases with Rearrangements of the Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Beta
15 Aug 2002
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BACKGROUND: A small proportion of patients with chronic myeloproliferative diseases have constitutive activation of the gene for platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRB), which encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase. The gene is located on chromosome 5q33, and the activation is usually caused by a t(5;12)(q33;p13) translocation associated with an ETV6-PDGFRB fusion gene. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor...
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