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Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of an 86-year-old patient with acute myeloid leukaemia with acute promyelocytic-like morphology and uncommon RARA fusion variant

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  1. Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, Luigi Sacco Hospital Milan, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Roberto Castelli, Riccardo Schiavon & Marco Barchiesi

  2. Hematology & Transfusion Medicine L. Sacco University Hospital & School of Medicine, Milan, Italy

    Valentina Rossi

  3. Cancer Center, Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

    Matteo Giovanni della Porta

  4. Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Laura Cicconi & Francesco Lo Coco

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Castelli, R., Rossi, V., della Porta, M.G. et al. Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of an 86-year-old patient with acute myeloid leukaemia with acute promyelocytic-like morphology and uncommon RARA fusion variant. Ann Hematol 97, 2523–2525 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-018-3377-7

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