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Mutant DNMT3A clone evading chemotherapy and infiltrating central nervous system in a patient with molecularly good-risk acute myeloid leukemia

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a grant from National Science Council, Taiwan (NSC grant 99-2314-B-182-009-MY3), and a grant from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan (grant CMRPG 6B0371).

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The authors declare no competing financial interests. Approval was obtained from the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital institutional review board for these studies. Informed consent was provided according to the Declaration of Helsinki.

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  1. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

    Yi-Yang Chen, Cih-En Huang, Hui-Ju Chou, Pei-Shan Tsai, Chang-Hsien Lu, Kuan-Der Lee, Ping-Tsung Chen & Chih-Cheng Chen

  2. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

    Jrhau Lung

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

    Miao-Fen Chen

  4. Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

    Chang-Hsien Lu, Miao-Fen Chen, Kuan-Der Lee, Ping-Tsung Chen & Chih-Cheng Chen

  5. Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, No. 6, Sec. West, Chia-Pu Road, Pu-Tz City, Chiayi County, 613, Taiwan

    Chih-Cheng Chen

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Chen, YY., Huang, CE., Chou, HJ. et al. Mutant DNMT3A clone evading chemotherapy and infiltrating central nervous system in a patient with molecularly good-risk acute myeloid leukemia. Ann Hematol 93, 1441–1442 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-013-1985-9

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