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Mutations of the Kirsten-ras proto-oncogene in human preleukaemia.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Liu E, Hjelle B, Morgan R, Hecht F, Bishop J M
Abstract excerpt
The myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or preleukaemia is a haematological disorder characterized by low blood counts, bone marrow cells of abnormal appearance and progression to acute leukaemia in as many as 30% of patients. The distinctive preleukaemic and leukaemic phases of this disease make it an attractive model for neoplastic progression in human tumours. We reasoned that, because dominantly transforming genes...
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