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Clonal haematopoiesis harbouring AML-associated mutations is ubiquitous in healthy adults.
Nature communications - 22 Aug 2016
Young Andrew L, Challen Grant A, Birmann Brenda M, Druley Todd E
Abstract excerpt
Clonal haematopoiesis is thought to be a rare condition that increases in frequency with age and predisposes individuals to haematological malignancy. Recent studies, utilizing next-generation sequencing (NGS), observed haematopoietic clones in 10% of 70-year olds and rarely in younger individuals. However, these studies could only detect common haematopoietic clones->0.02 variant allele fraction (VAF)-due to the...
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