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CHRONIC MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; moving forward

Leukemia volume 37, pages 720–722 (2023)Cite this article

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  1. Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    M. Tarek Elghetany

  2. Université Paris Cité, Institut de recherche Saint-Louis and the Department of Genetics, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France

    Hélène Cavé

  3. Pathology Unit, Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Rita De Vito

  4. Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Mrinal M. Patnaik

  5. Department of Hematology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France

    Eric Solary

  6. Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Joseph D. Khoury

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MTE wrote the first draft, HC, RDV, MMP, ES, and JDK reviewed the manuscript and provided critical edits and modifications. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Elghetany, M.T., Cavé, H., De Vito, R. et al. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; moving forward. Leukemia 37, 720–722 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-023-01818-y

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