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A new NDE1/PDGFRB fusion transcript underlying chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia in Noonan Syndrome

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DNA clones were kindly provided by Dr F Birg, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France; by Dr M Rocchi, DAPEG, Sezione di Genetica, University of Bari, Italy; and by The Sanger Institute, Oxford, UK. The authors wish to thank Dr Geraldine Boyd for assistance in the preparation of this paper. This work was partially supported by MIUR (Ministero per l'Istruzione, l'Università e la Ricerca Scientifica), AIRC (Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro), FIRB (Fondo per gli Investimenti per la Ricerca di Base), Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia, and Associazione ‘Sergio Luciani’, Fabriano, Italy; EU (European Community); Belgian Programme of Interuniversity Poles of Attraction initiated by Belgian State, Prime Minister's Office, Science Policy Programming and the Belgian Federation against Cancer. BC is a fellow of FIRC (Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro).

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La Starza, R., Rosati, R., Roti, G. et al. A new NDE1/PDGFRB fusion transcript underlying chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia in Noonan Syndrome. Leukemia 21, 830–833 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404541

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