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This work was supported by US Public Health Service Grants R37CA49152 and R01CA11945 (KS and BN) from the National Institutes of Health. The authors wish to thank all of the patients, families, and referring physicians who contributed samples to the investigators. We thank Angelika Diem and Marco Teller for their excellent technical assistance. We are grateful to Dr Mwe Mwe Chao for critical comments.
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Kratz, C., Niemeyer, C., Thomas, C. et al. Mutation analysis of Son of Sevenless in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Leukemia 21, 1108–1109 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404620
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