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Detection of BRAF mutations in patients with hairy cell leukemia and related lymphoproliferative disorders.
Haematologica - 1 May 2012
Blombery Piers A, Wong Stephen Q, Hewitt Chelsee A, Dobrovic Alexander, Maxwell Ellen L, Juneja Surender, Grigoriadis George, Westerman David A
Abstract excerpt
Hairy cell leukemia has been shown to be strongly associated with the BRAF V600E mutation. We screened 59 unenriched archived bone marrow aspirate and peripheral blood samples from 51 patients with hairy cell leukemia using high resolution melting analysis and confirmatory Sanger sequencing. The BRAF V600E mutation was detected in 38 samples (from 36 patients). The BRAF V600E mutation was detected in all samples...
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