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Supported by the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (A.I.R.C.), BolognAIL, and Deutsche Krebshilfe (70-3173-Tr3). NB is a recipient of a fellowship from FIRC (Federazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro). We thank Dr Geraldine Boyd for editing the manuscript, Nicole Lange, Barbara Bigerna, Alessandra Pucciarini and Roberta Pacini for the excellent technical support, and Mrs Claudia Tibidò for secretarial assistance. Brunangelo Falini applied for a patent on the clinical use of NPM mutants.
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Falini, B., Lenze, D., Hasserjian, R. et al. Cytoplasmic mutated nucleophosmin (NPM) defines the molecular status of a significant fraction of myeloid sarcomas. Leukemia 21, 1566–1570 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404699
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