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Enhanced expression of the EVI1 gene in NUP98/HOXA-expressing leukemia cells

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  1. Minenori Eguchi-Ishimae & Mariko Eguchi

    Present address: Department of Pediatrics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan

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  1. Department of Hematology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi-ken, 321-0293, Japan

    Minenori Eguchi-Ishimae, Mariko Eguchi, Tetsuya Yamagata & Kinuko Mitani

  2. First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan

    Kazuma Ohyashiki

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Eguchi-Ishimae, M., Eguchi, M., Ohyashiki, K. et al. Enhanced expression of the EVI1 gene in NUP98/HOXA-expressing leukemia cells. Int J Hematol 89, 253–256 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-009-0267-8

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