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De novo adult acute myeloid leukemia with two new mutations in juxtatransmembrane domain of the FLT3 gene: a case report.
Journal of medical case reports - 26 Jan 2021
Alarbeed Ismael F, Wafa Abdulsamad, Moassass Faten, Al-Halabi Bassel, Al-Achkar Walid, Liehr Thomas, Aboukhamis Imad
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Approximately 30% of adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) acquire within fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 gene (FLT3) internal tandem duplications (FLT3/ITDs) in their juxtamembrane domain (JMD). FLT3/ITDs range in size from three to hundreds of nucleotides, and confer an adverse prognosis. Studies on a possible relationship between of FLT3/ITDs length and clinical outcomes in those AML patients were...
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