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Detection of BCR-ABL mutations and resistance to imatinib mesylate.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2006
Branford Susan, Hughes Timothy
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The major mechanism of imatinib resistance for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is clonal expansion of leukemic cells with mutations in the Bcr-Abl fusion tyrosine kinase that reduce the capacity of imatinib to inhibit kinase activity. The early detection of such mutations may allow t...
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