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Mutations profile of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia among Japanese children.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Sept 2012
Ismael Olfat, Shimada Akira, Hama Asahito, Sakaguchi Hiroshi, Doisaki Sayoko, Muramatsu Hideki, Yoshida Nao, Ito Masafumi, Takahashi Yoshiyuki, Akita Naohiro, Sunami Shosuke, Ohtsuka Yoshitoshi, Asada Youji, Fujisaki Hiroyuki, Kojima Seiji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Acquired somatic mutations of JAK2 have been reported to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of BCR-ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN). However, the molecular characteristics of childhood MPN remain to be elucidated. PATIENT AND METHODS: We investigated a group of pediatric patients diagnosed either with essential thrombocythemia (ET; N = 9) or polycythemia vera (PV; N = 4) according...
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