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FLT-3 aberrations in acute promyelocytic leukaemia: clinicopathological associations and prognostic impact.
British journal of haematology - 1 May 2004
Au Wing Y, Fung Alvin, Chim Chor S, Lie Albert K, Liang Raymond, Ma Edmond S K, Chan Cheuk H, Wong Kit F, Kwong Yok L
Abstract excerpt
FLT-3 aberrations that occur as an internal tandem duplication (ITD) or a mutation at the activation-loop position 835, D835, are common in acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL). We investigated the clinicopathological associations and prognostic impact of FLT-3 aberrations in a cohort of APL patients. FLT-3 exons 11 and 12 were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the ITD was recognized as an increase...
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