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Sustained spontaneous remission in KMT2A-MLLT3 mutated myeloid sarcoma

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  1. Department of Haematology, St. James’ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Chris Armstrong & Nina Orfali

  2. Blood-med Clinic, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Wing-Yan Au

  3. Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Edmond S K Ma

  4. Medhealth Diagnostic MRI & PET-CT Centre, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Simon Ho Man Wong

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Armstrong, C., Au, WY., Ma, E.S.K. et al. Sustained spontaneous remission in KMT2A-MLLT3 mutated myeloid sarcoma. Ann Hematol 102, 1271–1274 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-023-05173-x

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