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Anti-oxidant vitamin E prevents accumulation of imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL1 kinase mutations in CML-CP xenografts in NSG mice

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MN-S and GH share equal contribution. This work was supported by NIH/NCI CA123014 and CA134458 to T Skorski, N401 039037 from the Polish Ministry of Education and Science to G Hoser and EU program: FP7-REGPOT-2012-CT2012-316254-BASTION to T Stoklosa.

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Nieborowska-Skorska, M., Hoser, G., Hochhaus, A. et al. Anti-oxidant vitamin E prevents accumulation of imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL1 kinase mutations in CML-CP xenografts in NSG mice. Leukemia 27, 2253–2254 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2013.123

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