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Sustained expression of nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutation at late relapse presenting as isolated myeloid sarcoma in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

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Scholl, S., Lüftner, J., Mügge, LO. et al. Sustained expression of nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutation at late relapse presenting as isolated myeloid sarcoma in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. Ann Hematol 86, 763–765 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-007-0323-5

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