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Relapsed childhood acute myeloid leukemia patient with inversion of chromosome 16 harboring a low FLT3 internal tandem duplication allelic burden and KIT mutations.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Sept 2016
Yamada Ai, Moritake Hiroshi, Kinoshita Mariko, Sawa Daisuke, Kamimura Sachiyo, Iwamoto Shotaro, Yamashita Yuka, Inagaki Jiro, Takahashi Takahide, Shimada Akira, Obara Megumi, Nunoi Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Inversion of chromosome 16 [inv(16)] has a good prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), but additional genetic aberrations influence the outcome. We herein describe the case of a 15-year-old Japanese boy with inv(16) harboring a low-allelic burden internal tandem duplication of FLT3 (FLT3-ITD) and KIT mutations. Conventional chemotherapy eradicated a clone with a low-allelic burden FLT3-ITD mutation, although...
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