KIT mutations, and not FLT3 internal tandem duplication, are strongly associated with a poor prognosis in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21): A study of the Japanese ChildhoodAMLCooperative Study Group

Blood

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1806-1809

  Shimada, Akira ^b   Taki, Tomohiko ^b   Tabuchi, Ken ^b   Tawa, Akio ^b   Horibe, Keizo ^b   Tsuchida, Masahiro ^b   Hanada, Ryoji ^b   Tsukimoto, Ichiro ^b   Hayashi, Yasuhide ^a  

^a Gunma Children's Medical Center   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLT3 LIGAND; IDARUBICIN; MITOXANTRONE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 33344471932     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-08-3408     Document Type: Article

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