Frequency and Prognostic Relevance of FLT3 Mutations in Saudi Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients

The Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) is a receptor tyrosine kinase that plays a key role in cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells. Mutations of FLT3 were first described in 1997 and account for the most frequent molecular mutations in acute myeloid leukemia (...

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Main Authors: Ghaleb Elyamany, Mohammad Awad, Kamal Fadalla, Mohamed Albalawi, Mohammad Al Shahrani, Abdulaziz Al Abdulaaly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/141360