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Somatic Mutations and Clonal Hematopoiesis in Aplastic Anemia.
The New England journal of medicine - 2 Jul 2015
Yoshizato Tetsuichi, Dumitriu Bogdan, Hosokawa Kohei, Makishima Hideki, Yoshida Kenichi, Townsley Danielle, Sato-Otsubo Aiko, Sato Yusuke, Liu Delong, Suzuki Hiromichi, Wu Colin O, Shiraishi Yuichi, Clemente Michael J, Kataoka Keisuke, Shiozawa Yusuke, Okuno Yusuke, Chiba Kenichi, Tanaka Hiroko, Nagata Yasunobu, Katagiri Takamasa, Kon Ayana, Sanada Masashi, Scheinberg Phillip, Miyano Satoru, Maciejewski Jaroslaw P, Nakao Shinji, Young Neal S, Ogawa Seishi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In patients with acquired aplastic anemia, destruction of hematopoietic cells by the immune system leads to pancytopenia. Patients have a response to immunosuppressive therapy, but myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia develop in about 15% of the patients, usually many months to years after the diagnosis of aplastic anemia. METHODS: We performed next-generation sequencing and...
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