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Mutations of the PTPN11 gene in therapy-related MDS and AML with rare balanced chromosome translocations.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Jun 2007
Christiansen Debes H, Desta Frehiwet, Andersen Mette K, Pedersen-Bjergaard Jens
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Activating mutations of the PTPN11 gene encoding the SHP2 tyrosine phosphatase is the most common genetic abnormality in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and is sporadically observed in myelodysplasia (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). An unselected series of 140 patients with therapy-relate...
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