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Negative prognostic impact of PTEN mutation in pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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This work was supported by grants from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP; 08/10034-1), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq; 401122/2005-0) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (POCI-PPCDT/SAU-OBS/58913 and PTDC/SAU-OBD/69974). PYJ, MAG and MBV have FAPESP, CAPES and CNPq scholarships, respectively. AS has FCT-SFRH PhD fellowships.

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  1. Centro Infantil Boldrini, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    P Y Jotta, M A Ganazza, L J G Zambaldi, S R Brandalise & J A Yunes

  2. Cancer Biology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon University Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal

    A Silva & J T Barata

  3. Depto. de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    M B Viana

  4. Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    M J da Silva

  5. Depto. de Pediatria, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: andres@boldrini.org.br,

    S R Brandalise

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Jotta, P., Ganazza, M., Silva, A. et al. Negative prognostic impact of PTEN mutation in pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 24, 239–242 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2009.209

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