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Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) A1062T mutation as a prognostic factor in Egyptian patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Sept 2014
Aref Salah, El-Ghonemy Mohamed Sabry, Abouzeid Tarek Elsayed, El-Sabbagh Amr Mohamed, El-Baiomy Mohamed Ali
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This study aimed to evaluate the incidence and clinical and prognostic impact of TERT A1062T mutation in AML patients treated at Mansoura Oncology Center. Screening for TERT A1062T mutation in exon 15 of the TERT gene was performed on diagnostic DNA samples from 153 AML patients and 197 healthy subjects as a control group by using sequence-specific primers. TERT A1062T mutation was detected in 18 cases out of 153...
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