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Germline SAMD9 mutation in siblings with monosomy 7 and myelodysplastic syndrome

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Acknowledgements

We thank the family in this study and for the clinical staff involved in their care and management. We thank Tina Motroni for BM histology images and the Hartwell Center at SJCRH for providing sequencing assistance. This work was funded in part by the American Lebanese and Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) of SJCRH and the US National Institutes of Health (K08 HL116605-JMK). JMK holds a Career Award for Medical Scientists from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

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  1. J R Schwartz and S Wang: These two authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

    J R Schwartz, R B McGee, C Kesserwan, K E Nichols & R C Ribeiro

  2. Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

    S Wang & G Wu

  3. Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

    J Ma, T Lamprecht, M Walsh, G Song, S C Raimondi & J M Klco

  4. Department of Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    M F Walsh

  5. Department of Hematology/Oncology, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL, USA

    B E Cauff

  6. Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    M Wlodarski

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Schwartz, J., Wang, S., Ma, J. et al. Germline SAMD9 mutation in siblings with monosomy 7 and myelodysplastic syndrome. Leukemia 31, 1827–1830 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2017.142

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