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GATA1 mutations in transient leukemia and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia of Down syndrome.
Blood - 1 Jun 2003
Hitzler Johann K, Cheung Joseph, Li Yue, Scherer Stephen W, Zipursky Alvin
Abstract excerpt
Children with constitutional trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) have an approximately 500-fold increased risk of developing acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL), a form of acute myeloid leukemia. Unique to newborn infants with Down syndrome is a transient leukemia (TL), also referred to as transient myeloproliferative syndrome, that undergoes spontaneous remission in the majority of cases but in approximately 20% is...
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