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Ann Hematol. 2022 Feb;101(2):443-445. doi: 10.1007/s00277-021-04472-5. Epub 2021 Mar 01.

The PML-RARA fusion is not detectable in historical blood samples of acute promyelocytic leukaemia patients.

Annals of hematology

William G Dunn, Muxin S Gu, Margarete A Fabre, Jonathan Cooper, Josep F Nomdedeu, Laura Koumas, Katerina Nicolaou, Jiangxiang Chi, Paul Costeas, George S Vassiliou

Affiliations

  1. Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Puddicombe Way, Cambridge, CB2 0AW, UK.
  2. Department of Haematology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK.
  3. Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
  4. Department of Haematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
  5. Center for the Study of Haematological Malignancies, Karaiskakio Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  6. Center for the Study of Haematological Malignancies, Karaiskakio Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus. [email protected].
  7. Cyprus Cancer Research Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. [email protected].
  8. Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Puddicombe Way, Cambridge, CB2 0AW, UK. [email protected].
  9. Department of Haematology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK. [email protected].
  10. Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK. [email protected].
  11. Center for the Study of Haematological Malignancies, Karaiskakio Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus. [email protected].
  12. Cyprus Cancer Research Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. [email protected].

PMID: 33650061 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-021-04472-5

[No abstract available.]

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