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MLL-Rearranged Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Current hematologic malignancy reports - 1 Apr 2020
El Chaer Firas, Keng Michael, Ballen Karen K
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Rearrangements of the histone lysine [K]-MethylTransferase 2A gene (KMT2A) gene on chromosome 11q23, formerly known as the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) gene, are found in 10% and 5% of adult and children ALL cases, respectively. The most common translocated genes are AFF1 (formerly AF4), MLLT3 (formerly AF9), and MLLT1 (formerly ENL). The bimodal incidence of MLL-r-ALL usually peaks in infants...
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