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Improved outcome of pediatric patients with acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in the AML-BFM 04 trial
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We thank Cherise Guess for expert editorial review. This work is supported in part by grant CA21765 from the National Institutes of Health and by the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities. A complete listing of grant support for research conducted by the Children’s Cancer Group (CCG) and the Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) before initiation of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) grant in 2003 is available online at http://applications.childrensoncologygroup.org/admin/grantinfo.htm
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O'Brien, M., Cao, X., Pounds, S. et al. Prognostic features in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in children without Down syndrome: a report from the AML02 multicenter trial and the Children’s Oncology Group Study POG 9421. Leukemia 27, 731–734 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2012.223
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