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The JAK2 V617F mutation identifies a subgroup of MDS patients with isolated deletion 5q and a proliferative bone marrow

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W Ingram is supported by the Leukaemia Research Fund, UK.

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  1. W Ingram and N C Lea: These authors contributed equally to this work

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  1. Department of Haematological Medicine, Kings College Hospital and Kings College London, London, UK

    W Ingram, N C Lea, N B Westwood, A Mohamedali, J Gaken, T Kontou, B H Czepulkowski, N A Twine & G J Mufti

  2. The Servicio de Hematologia y Hemoterapia, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain

    J Cervera, Z Garcia-Casado & G Sanz

  3. Department of Haematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

    U Germing, N Gattermann & E Zipperer

  4. Hematology Department at Hopital Avicenne, Bobigny, France

    P Fenaux, B Cassinat & J J Kiladjian

  5. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    J Varkonyi & S Benedek

  6. Department of Haematology, University Hospital Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

    P Antunovic

  7. Genomics center, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK

    M J Arno

  8. National Health Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    J Tamaska

  9. Institute of Pathology and Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    J Csomer

  10. Department of Oncology and Clinical Immunology, St-Johannes-Hospital, Duisburg, Germany

    A Giagounidis

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Ingram, W., Lea, N., Cervera, J. et al. The JAK2 V617F mutation identifies a subgroup of MDS patients with isolated deletion 5q and a proliferative bone marrow. Leukemia 20, 1319–1321 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404215

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