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Detection of an MPLW515 mutation in a case with features of both essential thrombocythemia and refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts and thrombocytosis

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    S Schnittger, C Haferlach, W Kern & T Haferlach

  2. Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    U Bacher

  3. Hämatologisch-Onkologische Praxis, Regensburg, Germany

    R Dengler & A Kröber

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Schnittger, S., Bacher, U., Haferlach, C. et al. Detection of an MPLW515 mutation in a case with features of both essential thrombocythemia and refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts and thrombocytosis. Leukemia 22, 453–455 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404909

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