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Two routes to leukemic transformation after a JAK2 mutation-positive myeloproliferative neoplasm.
Blood - 8 Apr 2010
Beer Philip A, Delhommeau François, LeCouédic Jean-Pierre, Dawson Mark A, Chen Edwin, Bareford David, Kusec Rajko, McMullin Mary Frances, Harrison Claire N, Vannucchi Alessandro M, Vainchenker William, Green Anthony R
Abstract excerpt
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may follow a JAK2-positive myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), although the mechanisms of disease evolution, often involving loss of mutant JAK2, remain obscure. We studied 16 patients with JAK2-mutant (7 of 16) or JAK2 wild-type (9 of 16) AML after a JAK2-mutant MPN....
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