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SUBMITTER: Quintas-Cardama A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4839285 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Quintás-Cardama Alfonso A Jain Nitin N Verstovsek Srdan S
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The term systemic mastocytosis (SM) encompasses a group of hematopoietic malignancies characterized by excessive proliferation of neoplastic mast cells that accumulate in the bone marrow and visceral organs. Most patients with SM, particularly those who present with aggressive clinical courses, carry somatic mutations of the v-kit Hardy-Zuckerman 4 feline sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KIT) gene. KIT mutations are considered central events in the pathogenesis of SM and serve as diagnostic marke ...[more]