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Mutations in KIT and RAS are frequent events in pediatric core-binding factor acute myeloid leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 Sept 2005
Goemans B F, Zwaan C M, Miller M, Zimmermann M, Harlow A, Meshinchi S, Loonen A H, Hählen K, Reinhardt D, Creutzig U, Kaspers G J L, Heinrich M C
Abstract excerpt
Activating mutations in RAS and receptor tyrosine kinases such as KIT and FLT3 are hypothesized to cooperate with chimeric transcription factors in the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). To test this hypothesis, we genotyped 150 pediatric AML samples for mutations in KIT (exons 8, 17),...
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