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Identification of somatic and germline mutations using whole exome sequencing of congenital acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
BMC cancer - 4 Feb 2013
Chang Vivian Y, Basso Giuseppe, Sakamoto Kathleen M, Nelson Stanley F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) diagnosed within the first month of life is classified as congenital ALL and has a significantly worse outcome than ALL diagnosed in older children. This suggests that congenital ALL is a biologically different disease, and thus may be caused by a distinct set of mutations. To understand the somatic and germline mutations contributing to congenital ALL, the...
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