Leukemia Research
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1578-1579 , November 2009

Methylation of the PTEN gene CpG island is infrequent in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia: Comments on “PTEN deficiency is a common defect in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia” [Leuk. Res. 2009;33:671-677 (Epub 2008 November 17)]

Received 10 March 2009

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PII: S0145-2126(09)00248-3

doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.04.040

Leukemia Research
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1578-1579 , November 2009