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Two Novel Mutations of the NPM1 Gene in Syrian Adult Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Normal Karyotype.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2021
Alarbeed Ismael F, Wafa Abdulsamad, Moassass Faten, Al-Halabi Bassel, Alachkar Walid, Aboukhamis Imad
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Somatic mutations in exon 12 of the NPM1 gene is one of the most common genetic abnormalities in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which is observed in 25-35% of AML patients and in 50-60% of patients with cytogenetically normal AML (CN-AML). METHODS: We performed Sanger sequencing of exon 12 of the NPM1 gene, on 44 CN-AML patients to characterize NPM1 status. RESULTS: In this study, NPM1 mutations...
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