Early Death in Two Patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Presenting the bcr3 Isoform, FLT3-ITD Mutation, and Elevated WT1 Level.
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SUBMITTER: Greco M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3722971 | biostudies-other | 2013
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Early Death in Two Patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Presenting the bcr3 Isoform, FLT3-ITD Mutation, and Elevated WT1 Level.
Greco Marianna M Caocci Giovanni G Ledda Antonio A Vacca Adriana A Arras Marcella M Celeghini Ivana I La Nasa Giorgio G
Case reports in hematology 20130707
Despite major advances in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), the problem of early death (ED) remains unsolved. Alongside the currently known clinical and hematological risk factors, prognostic significance has been attributed to internal tandem duplication mutations of the fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3-ITD), hypogranular variant morphology, and the bcr-3 isoform of PML-RAR α . We describe premature death of two patients with the hypogranular variant of APL who presented rema ...[more]
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