Late Emergence of an Imatinib-Resistant ABL1 Kinase Domain Mutation in a Patient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

The introduction of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) imatinib has revolutionised the outlook of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML); however, a significant proportion of patients develop resistance through several mechanisms, of which acquisition of ABL1 kinase domain mutations is prevalent. In chroni...

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Main Authors: Mireille Crampe, Claire Andrews, Anne Fortune, Stephen E. Langabeer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3548936