Incidence and prognosis of c-KIT and FLT3 mutations in core binding factor (CBF) acute myeloid leukaemias

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 775-777

  Care, Rory S ^a   Valk, Peter J M ^b   Goodeve, Anne C ^a   Abu Duhier, Faisel M ^a   Geertsma Kleinekoort, Wendy M C ^b   Wilson, Giu A ^a   Gari, Mamdooh A ^a   Peake, Ian R ^a   Löwenberg, Bob ^b   Reilly, John T ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AML; c KIT; CBF; FLT3; Inv(16)

Indexed keywords

FLT3 LIGAND; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038170400     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04362.x     Document Type: Article

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