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Germline IKAROS mutation associated with primary immunodeficiency that progressed to T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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We thank the patient and the family members for participating in this study. This work was supported by the Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases Project from Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (H23-TA012), Four Diamond Fund and the John Wawrynovic Leukemia Research Scholar Endowment.

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Yoshida, N., Sakaguchi, H., Muramatsu, H. et al. Germline IKAROS mutation associated with primary immunodeficiency that progressed to T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 31, 1221–1223 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2017.25

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