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Trisomy 11 as an isolated abnormality in acute myeloid leukemia is associated with unfavorable prognosis but not with an NPM1 or KIT mutation.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology - 1 Apr 2011
Alseraye Faisal M, Zuo Zhuang, Bueso-Ramos Carlos, Wang Sa, Medeiros L Jeffrey, Lu Gary
Abstract excerpt
Trisomy 11 (+11) as an isolated abnormality is a rare event in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is associated with poor prognosis. We describe the clinicopathologic features of 18 AML patients with isolated +11 and their mutation status of NPM1, FLT3, NRAS ,KRAS, and KIT. Fourteen patients had de novo AML and 4 patients had a history of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Fifteen patients had a...
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