Genetics, epigenetics, and leukemia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 2460-2461

  Shannon, Kevin ^a   Armstrong, Scott A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER GENETICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CPG ISLAND; CYTOGENETICS; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650211903     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1012071     Document Type: Editorial

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