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High incidence of CALM-AF10 fusion and the identification of a novel fusion transcript in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in children without Down's syndrome

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  1. Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Haematopathology Laboratory, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    M Abdelhaleem & K Beimnet

  2. Division of Haematology & Oncology, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    M Kirby-Allen, A Naqvi & J Hitzler

  3. Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Cytogenetics Laboratory, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    M Shago

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Abdelhaleem, M., Beimnet, K., Kirby-Allen, M. et al. High incidence of CALM-AF10 fusion and the identification of a novel fusion transcript in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in children without Down's syndrome. Leukemia 21, 352–353 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404503

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