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Pitfalls in the determination of mutant alleles of the thiopurine methyltransferase gene

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  1. Department of Pediatrics 424, UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    C Brouwer, LHJ Lambooy & RA De Abreu

  2. Guy's Hospital Purine Research Unit, London, UK

    AM Marinaki, JA Duley & M Shobowale-Bakre

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Brouwer, C., Marinaki, A., Lambooy, L. et al. Pitfalls in the determination of mutant alleles of the thiopurine methyltransferase gene. Leukemia 15, 1792–1793 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402285

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