Ann Lab Med.  2019 May;39(3):327-329. 10.3343/alm.2019.39.3.327.

FLT3 Internal Tandem Duplication in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Is Readily Detectable in a Single Next-Generation Sequencing Assay Using the Pindel Algorithm

• Kim B
• Kim S
• Lee ST
• Min YH
• Choi JR

• KMID: 2431612
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2019.39.3.327

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Correlation of the ITD mutant allele fraction between fragment analysis and the Pindel (0.2.0) algorithm for patients harboring FLT3 ITD mutation.Abbreviation: ITD, internal tandem duplication.

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