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Multiple MYO18A-PDGFRB fusion transcripts in a myeloproliferative neoplasm patient with t(5;17)(q32;q11)
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Curtis, C., Grand, F., Waghorn, K. et al. A novel ETV6-PDGFRB fusion transcript missed by standard screening in a patient with an imatinib responsive chronic myeloproliferative disease. Leukemia 21, 1839–1841 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404728
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