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Association between high expression of natural killer related-genes (NCAM/CD94) and early death during induction in children with acute myeloid leukemia

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This study was financially supported in part by a grant of ‘Regione Siciliana’ and in part by a grant Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) and Associazione Italiana contro le Leucemie (AIL). DB was supported by a grant from IBISCUS. We thank Mr G Auteri and Mr N Bonanno for their technical support.

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    L LoNigro, E Mirabile, S Munda, D Bottino, A Fazzio, A Di Cataldo & G SchilirĂ²

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LoNigro, L., Mirabile, E., Munda, S. et al. Association between high expression of natural killer related-genes (NCAM/CD94) and early death during induction in children with acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 22, 1778–1781 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2008.46

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