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Quantitative monitoring of NPM1 mutations provides a valid minimal residual disease parameter following allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Experimental hematology - 1 Jan 2009
Bacher Ulrike, Badbaran Anita, Fehse Boris, Zabelina Tatjana, Zander Axel Rolf, Kröger Nicolaus
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BACKGROUND: Minimal residual disease (MRD) diagnostics in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) gain increasing importance after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutations, with their high frequency in AML, were suggested to represent suitable MRD markers, but so far no study has evaluated their usefulness in the posttransplantation period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated the validity...
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