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Chronic myeloid leukemia: cytogenetics and molecular biology’s part in the comprehension and management of the pathology and treatment evolution
2022-03-06
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Abstract Background Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a type of blood cancer that affects hematopoietic stem cells and is often characterized by the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome. The Philadelphia chromosome encodes for a protein with high tyrosine kinase activity which acts as a tumorigenic factor. Main body This review article reports an update on the pathophysiology of CML and highlights the role...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5b1d311d-fec4-57dd-bc0b-d10c3e4353c1
- DOI
- 10.1186/s43042-022-00248-2
