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Cytoplasmic mutated nucleophosmin (NPM1) in blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukaemia

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This work was supported by Centro Interdipartimentale per la Ricerca sul Cancro ‘G. Prodi’, European LeukemiaNet, COFIN 2002-2003 (Professor SA Pileri), FIRB/RFO (Professor SA Pileri and Professor PL Zinzani), AIRC, Progetto Strategico di Ateneo 2006 (Professor SA Pileri and Dr Piccaluga), Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, and BolognAIL grants.

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  1. Department of Haematology and Oncology ‘L. and A. Seràgnoli’, Haematopathology and Haematology Sections, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    P P Piccaluga, E Sabattini, F Bacci, C Agostinelli, S Righi, F Salmi, N Testoni, S Paolini, F Castagnetti, G Martinelli & S A Pileri

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Piccaluga, P., Sabattini, E., Bacci, F. et al. Cytoplasmic mutated nucleophosmin (NPM1) in blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukaemia. Leukemia 23, 1370–1371 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2009.95

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