Transcriptome profiling of patient derived xenograft models established from pediatric acute myeloid leukemia patients confirm maintenance of FLT3-ITD mutation.
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SUBMITTER: Drenberg CD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5102776 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
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Transcriptome profiling of patient derived xenograft models established from pediatric acute myeloid leukemia patients confirm maintenance of FLT3-ITD mutation.
Drenberg Christina D CD Buelow Daelynn R DR Pounds Stanley B SB Wang Yong-Dong YD Finkelstein David D Rahija Richard J RJ Shurtleff Sheila A SA Rubnitz Jeffrey E JE Inaba Hiroto H Gruber Tanja A TA Klco Jeffery M JM Baker Sharyn D SD
Leukemia & lymphoma 20160601 1
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