Acknowledgements
Authors thank Mrs. Pacchiarini Angela, Dr. Silvio Canino for morphological analyzes and Dr G.A. Boyd for English editing.
D.D.G. performed molecular analysis, analyzed the data and wrote the article; V.P. and R.L.S. performed FISH experiments; E.B. and G.R. provided clinical–hematological data; F.P. and A.G.L.F. performed mutational analysis; D.B. and C.L. performed cytogenetic studies; and C.M. supervised the study, analyzed the data and wrote the article. All authors approved the final article.
Ethical approval has been obtained for the protocol “In-depth genomic characterization of leukemia to provide new tools for personalized diagnosis and disease monitoring” (AIRC 2011–2014) from the University Bioethics Committee of the University of Perugia (Prot. 1.X.2011).
Potential conflict of interest
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