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Incidence of FLT3 and nucleophosmin gene mutations in childhood acute myeloid leukemia: Serbian experience and the review of the literature.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Sept 2010
Krstovski Nada, Tosic Natasa, Janic Dragana, Dokmanovic Lidija, Kuzmanovic Milos, Spasovski Vesna, Pavlovic Sonja
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) gene (internal tandem duplication (ITD) and point mutation in the tyrosine kinase domain, FLT3/D835) as well as the nucleophosmin (NPM1) gene are the most common abnormalities in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Their significance in pediatric AML is still unclear. In this study we evaluated the frequency of FLT3 and NPM1 mutations in childhood AML. We also...
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