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Supported by grant (RO1 CA92308), from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Children's Research Center of Michigan, Art Gagnon Memorial Fund, BPCT Golf Charity, and Leukemia Research, Life, Inc. (Detroit, MI). JWT is a Scholar in Clinical Research of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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Ge, Y., Jensen, T., James, S. et al. High frequency of the 844ins68 cystathionine-β-synthase gene variant in Down syndrome children with acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 16, 2339–2341 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402705
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