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Imatinib therapy for hypereosinophilic syndrome and eosinophilia-associated myeloproliferative disorders.
Leukemia research - 1 May 2004
Pardanani Animesh, Tefferi Ayalew
Abstract excerpt
A pathogenetic mutation, FIP1L1-PDGFRA, that results from an interstitial chromosome 4q12 deletion, leads to a constitutive activation of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFRA) tyrosine kinase as well as a disease phenotype that mimics both the hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) and systemic mast cell disease associated with eosinophilia (SMCD-eos). Complete remissions, in response to treatment...
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