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Identification of IGH::DUX4 Rearrangements Using RNA-sequencing in a Patient with ALL: A Case Report

  • Seoyoung Lim (Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yu Jeong Choi (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Eunju Yeom (Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Won Kee Ahn (Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Seung-Tae Lee (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jong Rak Choi (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Seungmin Hahn (Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Saeam Shin (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2024.11.19
  • Accepted : 2025.03.04
  • Published : 2025.05.01
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This study was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2021R1I1A1A01045980).

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