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Identification of NPMc+ acute myeloid leukemia in bone marrow smears.
Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM - 1 Jan 2013
Bedekovics Judit, Rejtő László, Telek Béla, Kiss Attila, Hevessy Zsuzsanna, Ujfalusi Anikó, Méhes Gábor
Abstract excerpt
The most frequent genetic change currently known in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the mutation of the nucleophosmin (NPM) gene. Aberrant cytoplasmic accumulation of NPM protein (NPMc+) is the result of this mutation, and it can be demonstrated by immunohistochemistry for the identification of a favorable subgroup within "AML with normal karyotype" according to the World Health Organization classification. NPM...
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