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Acute myeloid leukemia with biallelic CEBPA gene mutations and normal karyotype represents a distinct genetic entity associated with a favorable clinical outcome.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Feb 2010
Dufour Annika, Schneider Friederike, Metzeler Klaus H, Hoster Eva, Schneider Stephanie, Zellmeier Evelyn, Benthaus Tobias, Sauerland Maria-Cristina, Berdel Wolfgang E, Büchner Thomas, Wörmann Bernhard, Braess Jan, Hiddemann Wolfgang, Bohlander Stefan K, Spiekermann Karsten
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PURPOSE: CEBPA mutations are found as either biallelic (biCEBPA) or monoallelic (moCEBPA). We set out to explore whether the kind of CEBPA mutation is of prognostic relevance in cytogenetically normal (CN) acute myeloid leukemia (AML). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four hundred sixty-seven homogeneously...
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