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Absolute quantitative detection of ABL tyrosine kinase domain point mutations in chronic myeloid leukemia using a novel nanofluidic platform and mutation-specific PCR

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This work was supported by NCI CA106796, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Translational Research Grant and V Foundation for Cancer Research V Scholar Grant (VGO), NCI CA18029 (JPR) and the Canary Foundation (SA and FM).

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Oehler, V., Qin, J., Ramakrishnan, R. et al. Absolute quantitative detection of ABL tyrosine kinase domain point mutations in chronic myeloid leukemia using a novel nanofluidic platform and mutation-specific PCR. Leukemia 23, 396–399 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2008.183

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